‘They’re gone, but who has them?’ Afrin’s Kurdish FSA commanders, under pressure from all sides, go missing
A checkpoint in Afrin in May. Photo courtesy of Afrin Media Center.
AMMAN: A car sits empty and ab...
Maria Nelson
Maria Nelson was a 2014-2015 fellow at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad program (CASA I) in Amman, Jordan. She holds a BA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, with a certificate in Arabic Language and Culture.
Rebel siege of two Shiite-majority Idlib towns ends with total evacuation of residents, militiamen
Evacuees from al-Fuaa and Kufraya arrive in government-held south Aleppo on Thursday. Photo co...
‘Deal underway’ for evacuation of two Shiite-majority Idlib towns: rebel source
Al-Fuaa and Kufraya residents calling for an end to the siege in May 2018. Photo courtesy of Kufray...
Kurdish political body gains increased independence in opposition’s negotiating committee despite rankling over Afrin operation
Members of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) in Riyadh in June. Photo courtesy of HNC.
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Released from government detention, an art therapist finds new meaning in her work: ‘It all goes out onto the paper’
Baraa Arar encourages her students to draw on the walls. Occasionally, she joins them.
The 24-year...
Civilians and Islamic State fighters pay thousands of dollars to leave south Damascus for opposition territories, Turkey
AMMAN: Smugglers are accepting enormous sums to bring civilians and fighters, including members of ...
Revolutionaries, pawns, liberators, or mercenaries? Meet the Kurdish fighters participating in Turkey’s Afrin offensive
AMMAN: As a Turkish-led assault on a northwestern Syrian Kurdish enclave begins its third week, Kur...
The network: A virtual hunt for suspected Islamic State members in Syria
AMMAN: Aghid al-Khodr wakes up early, before the sun rises. At his home in an undisclosed location ...
Opposition fighters wage counter-offensive in Idlib to drive back Syrian army advances
AMMAN: Syrian rebels said they recaptured several villages in southeastern Idlib province and Hama ...
A power struggle over education emerges between rival opposition governments in Idlib province
AMMAN: The students of Free Aleppo University satellite campuses in northeastern Idlib province sit...
