Financing terrorism gets more sophisticated, endangers remittances for ordinary Syrians
New rules cracking down on terrorism financing could have unintended consequences for ordinary Syrians.
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10, 2020
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10, 2020
Efforts to document chemical weapon attacks in Syria lead to first criminal case against Assad
Syrian civil society organizations took the lead in building a case against the Syrian regime for carrying out chemical attacks on East Ghouta in 2013.
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06, 2020
Podcast “Thawriyya”: An enduring revolution for Syrian women activists
This week, Syria Direct will be launching its new podcast, Thawriyya. Produced by Syria Direct and funded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), the podcast series follows the lives of five Syrian women activists.
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04, 2020
Anger and confusion erupt over the Syrian government’s decision to ration bread through the smart card
In recent months, the smart card system has been expanded to include a wider range of subsidized goods, namely fuel, rice, tea, and sugar.
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03, 2020
Clinics close in al-Rukban as camp braces for Coronavirus
The 12,700 Syrians who reside in the al-Rukban internally displaced people’s camp find themselves totally unprepared to confront the virus.
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03, 2020
As losses mount in Idlib, Damascus sends conscripts from “reconciled” areas to the front
The city of Douma in East Ghouta mourned the loss of five of its residents, killed while fighting alongside government forces and their allied militias in Idlib
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08, 2019
Darayya: Three years in waiting for the return of life
AMMAN— A few civilians disembarked from an old bus that had just stopped in the western countryside of Damascus and continued their journey to Darayya, a city that has been pummeled into rubble by bombardment of government forces, on foot. The city has become the example of organized mass displacement in Syria after an extended siege.
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06, 2019
No flour left in al-Rukban: Around 70% of the camp’s residents have forcibly left
Amman- Al-Rukban camp has been without flour for three days, a consequence of Damascus’s tightening siege on it, leaving the 12,000 residents who remain there to rely on smugglers for food.
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04, 2019
In Rukban, rumors of dead, mistreated returnees leave displaced residents mulling an uncertain homecoming
The rumors were unconfirmed: two men who had returned to Syrian government territory from Rukban camp via a Russian-backed “humanitarian corridor” were reportedly shot dead by security personnel over the weekend, after attempting to escape a government holding center in Homs province.
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04, 2019
Silence, paranoia in decimated East Ghouta suburbs one year after government recapture
Together, the grainy photos—selfies sent over a messaging app—tell the story of one life in East Ghouta, and how it has changed drastically since a year ago.