Offering installment plans for Eid clothing, traders look to revive Hama’s markets
In Hama, some shops are offering installment plans of up to six months for struggling Syrians to buy new clothing for Eid.
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04, 2022
16
06, 2021
Sowing fear, burning crops: The latest regime offensive terrorizes farmers in northwest Syria
The latest regime strikes on northwest Syria have claimed lives and disrupted the harvest, pushing farmers underground to escape indiscriminate bombings and the illegal targeting of agricultural areas.
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09, 2020
Looting, burning, cutting: How a decade of war has shrunk Syria’s forests
After a decade of war, gross mismanagement, negligence and illegal logging, Syria's forests and ecosystems have paid a grave toll.
21
06, 2020
Rifaat al-Assad: From the Butcher of Hama to aspiring opposition leader
The younger brother of Hafez al-Assad has been sentenced to four years in prison on the charges of embezzling $300 million from Syrian state funds.
10
06, 2020
Russia carries out airstrikes in Idlib as Turkey advances in Libya
Is Russia's escalation in Idlib related to Turkish gains in Libya?
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05, 2020
Damascus struggles to secure wheat supply amidst coronavirus crisis
Two weeks into Syria’s wheat harvest and amidst an economic crisis spiraling out of control, Damascus is scrambling to secure its supply of the essential grain.
15
09, 2019
Hijacking of the “freedom revolution”: HTS imprisons activists in northwest Syria (interactive map)
During the first week of September, protesters across Idlib province expressed their opposition to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) leader, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, and the Syrian government’s ongoing military campaign in northwest Syria.
9
07, 2019
Syrians, activists participate in global hunger strike to protest military campaign in northwest Syria
AMMAN- With a weak, wavering voice, Brita Haji Hassan describes, over a Whatsapp voice message from his hospital bed in Switzerland, on July 4, how his health is “unstable,” a result of 26 consecutive days without food.
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06, 2019
Thousands of students take primary and secondary school exams in northwest Syria amidst bombing campaign
AMMAN- Thousands of students sat down to take their final exams last Sunday in the opposition-held area in northwestern Syria following a two-week delay as the Educational Ministry of the Syrian Interim Government struggled to coordinate testing amid massive waves of displacement, resulting from the Syrian government’s bombing campaign on the region.
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02, 2019
After cuts, German aid agency reinstates funding to health directorates in rebel-held north with ‘strict conditions’
German development agency GIZ reinstated vital funding to health directorates across northwestern Syria according to “strict conditions,” local officials told Syria Direct on Monday, after it cut funds following major advances by hardline Islamist fighters in the region last month.