Cycle of violence: Addiction fuels abuse of women in northern Syria
Drug use is on the rise in northwestern Syria, where addiction is fueling intimate partner and family violence against women with few resources to turn to.
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09, 2023
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09, 2023
After Deir e-Zor’s clan revolt: ‘Lost prestige’ and fears of SDF domination
In Deir e-Zor province, nearly two weeks of clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Arab clans calling for self rule have come to an end, but residents are uneasy about what the future holds “after the clans were defanged.”
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09, 2023
Self-supported actors work to promote a theater culture in northwestern Syria
On the stage and in the camps, volunteer actors, directors and playwrights in northwestern Syria work to develop a local theater scene and leave an impact on their community.
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07, 2023
Seized properties sold ‘dirt cheap’ in Afrin
In Afrin, there is a widespread trade in properties belonging to displaced residents known as “cost houses,” which are sold by Ankara-backed military factions and civilians for “dirt cheap” prices: the cost of repairs.
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06, 2023
Turkish-backed opposition shelling keeps ‘a people of olives’ from their land in Afrin
When Turkish-backed opposition forces took control of most of Afrin in 2018, villages on its outskirts became a line of contact with regime forces. There, residents face repeated shelling and cannot access their farmland, once their main livelihood.
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06, 2023
Syrian refugees who left quake-affected Turkey for Syria face a hard restart
IDLIB, ISTANBUL — More than 12 years ago, Mira al-Muhammad [...]
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04, 2023
Al-Jolani in Jenderes: Is HTS using minorities as a way into northern Aleppo?
Following the killing of five Kurds in Jenderes by Turkish-backed forces in March, HTS intervened in SNA territory for the second time in six months, underscoring al-Jolani’s ambitions of territorial expansion and highlighting his use of ethnic and religious minorities to make a case for himself.
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03, 2023
Op-Ed: In Decree 3 of 2023, earthquake victims neglected and housing, land and property rights bypassed
Damascus’ Decree 3 of 2023 provides tax exemptions and loans for those whose property was damaged or destroyed by the February 6 earthquake, but does not take into account displaced property owners and rights-holders or areas outside regime control, writes lawyer Manhal Alkhaled.
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03, 2023
12 years on, ‘revolution’ service institutions under Turkish authority
Twelve years after the Syrian revolution began, formal opposition political and service institutions are wholly reliant on Turkey, impacting service provision and governance in the areas they administer.
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03, 2023
Premature births increase in northwestern Syria after earthquake
More than a month after the February 6 earthquake, its repercussions on pregnant women continue, doctors in Idlib say, with an increase in cases of miscarriage and premature births.