Walid Al Nofal

Author

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

Journalist: Hama business owners face ‘confiscation' and 'extortion’

February 24

Business owners in the regime-held central Syrian city of Hama are facing property confiscations by police forces and extortion by militias, a journalist who recently moved from H...

Repeated bombings force Daraa hospital closures

February 11

AMMAN: Hospitals and clinics are closing in Daraa province amidst heavy Russian and regime bombings in recent weeks, with one activist telling Syria Direct on Thursday that &ldquo...

Relentless Russian strikes drive mass displacement in south Syria

February 09

AMMAN: Tens of thousands of Daraa residents are fleeing a combination of regime ground advances and aerial bombardments by Russian and regime forces, local opposition authorities ...

‘The most dangerous place in the world’: Thousands flee Russian strikes, only to land at closed border point with Turkey

February 08

AMMAN: Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing a regime advance that is moving deeper into northern Aleppo are landing at the Bab al-Salama border crossing, which is now closed, st...

High rents force Daraa’s displaced back to bombardment in rebel territories

February 02

In mid-2013, when the Free Syrian Army took control of Abu Majd al-Hourani’s hometown of Ankhel and neighboring Jasim in southern Syria’s Daraa province, about 50km so...