Walid Al Nofal

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Walid Al Nofal

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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

‘To Damascus!’ After years of closed borders, bus and taxi routes linking Jordan, Syria return to business

October 24

A taxi, waiting for passengers in Amman's central Abdali district on October 23, offers trips between "Amman-Damascus-Beirut." Photo by Waleed a-Noufal. AMMAN: The shabby-looking...

Life after reconciliation marred by arrests, broken promises as Syria’s southwest returns to government control

October 16

Daraa city in August 2017. Photo courtesy of Mohamad Abazeed. AMMAN: Abu Mahmoud can leave his home and pass through most of the government-run checkpoints that dot the roadways ...

Jordan reopens vital border crossing with Syria amid talk of diplomatic ‘normalization’

October 15

The Naseeb crossing on Monday. Photo courtesy of Damascus Now. AMMAN: Cars began trickling across Syria’s southern Naseeb border crossing with Jordan on Monday morning as t...

‘We want things back to how they were’: Business owners in Jordan’s north await uncertain reopening of Syrian border

October 09

The border wall demarcating the end of Jordanian territory (right) and the beginning of the Free Zone that lies along the Syrian-Jordanian border (left). Photo by Waleed a-Noufal....

After Idlib agreement, hints of HTS-NLF tensions in one rebel-held town

September 27

The remnants of an explosion in Darat Izza last week. Photo courtesy of Darat Izza City’s Media Office. AMMAN: Half of the roads leading into an opposition-held town in nor...

‘If the calm holds’: After agreement over the fate of Syria’s northwest, displaced civilians cautiously return home to proposed buffer zone

September 26

Airstrikes hit Latamna in early September. Photo courtesy of Syrian Civil Defense-Hama. AMMAN: When Bashir al-Ahmad entered his hometown of Latamna in Syria’s northwe...

‘I don’t know where I can go’: Thousands displaced by bombardment in northwestern Syria

September 09

After a government airstrike in al-Hubeit on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Syrian Civil Defense Idlib. AMMAN: Scores of Russian and Syrian airstrikes and artillery barrages pummeled ...

Syrians brave Turkish gunfire, rugged backroads to escape looming Idlib battle

September 06

Turkish-backed rebels near the border wall in Idlib province, October 2017. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: The shouts of a Turkish soldier broke the silence as Suleiman Ibrahim* and...

After weeks of relative calm, warplanes strike Idlib province ahead of impending battle for northwest

September 04

The aftermath of an airstrike near Jisr a-Shughour on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Idlib Civil Defense. AMMAN: Syrian and Russian warplanes struck more than two dozen targe...

Leaving refugee camp behind, Syrian teenager dreams of soccer glory in Brazil sports academy: ‘I’ll make Syria proud’

September 04

Zaatari's main sports field in August. Photo by Waleed a-Noufal. The plane touched down in the coastal Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro last Wednesday, and Syrian socc...