Walid Al Nofal

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Walid Al Nofal

Reporter

Walid Al Nofal is a journalist with Syria Direct originally from Daraa province in southern Syria. He worked as a field reporter shortly after the Syrian revolution began in 2011 until he moved to Jordan in 2013. Today, Walid’s work focuses on documenting humanitarian violations committed by various actors in the Syrian conflict.

ARTICLES

Attack on Daraa Central Committee revives suspicions of ISIS-regime cooperation

May 31

Did the Assad regime coordinate with ISIS to attack the Central Committee of Daraa?

Unable to control territory, IS still ‘has the upper hand in the Syrian Badiya’

May 17

IS has taken advantage of the Syrian Badia's terrain to conduct an effective guerilla warfare campaign.

Fear and uncertainty in Daraa: Is reconciliation over?

May 15

Can the reconciliation agreements survive Daraa's brewing insurgency and the government's heavy-handed tactics to crush it?

Once longing for an ‘emirate’ in Syria, HTS now struggles for survival

April 30

Not long after a video was circulated on social media showing fighters affiliated with Hayaat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) threatening Turkish soldiers in Syria’s northwestern province of...

Torture and death: Life in al-Khateeb detention center

April 29

What is life like inside al-Khateeb, one of Syria's most notorious prisons?

Kidnapping row fuels sectarian strife between Daraa and Suwayda

April 07

Mutual kidnapping campaigns between Daraa and Suwayda province have spiraled into retaliation and revenge, further fueling sectarian strife between the two provinces.

Coronavirus: Damascus’ rosy statements clash with facts on the ground

April 06

The Syrian government has reassured citizens that they ready to meet Coronavirus head on; however, the realities of Syria's public healthcare system begs to differ.

In anticipation of a broken ceasefire in Idlib, IDPs collect belongings

March 15

IDPs are returning to their homes, not for good, but just to collect their belongings, betraying a fundamental lack of trust in the Turkey-Russia ceasefire in Idlib.

Syrian Central Bank improvises to keep the economy afloat

March 06

The Syrian Central Bank has announced lower intermediary rates for certain transactions in an attempt to cushion the blow of the declining value of the Syrian Pound.

Clashes in Daraa evoke memories of the start of the Syrian revolution

March 02

With renewed clashes in the city of al-Sanamayn in northern Daraa, tensions between Syrian government forces and armed militant groups have risen to unprecedented levels. Daraa ha...