“Home is always on my mind”: A new podcast by Syria Direct
In a new podcast series, Syria Direct presents the experiences of displaced Syrians.
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11, 2020
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11, 2020
Al-Rukban camp has no doctors, but that could change
Al-Rukban camp, a hastily put together settlement in the no-man’s land between Syria and Jordan, has been all but forgotten by the world.
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11, 2020
Russia urges Syrian refugees to return – with no guarantees for their safety
Despite the obvious danger to Syrian refugees, Moscow and Damascus urged them to return in an international conference last week.
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11, 2020
Syrians in France face the uncertain fallout of political tensions around caricatures, Islam and migration
After the recent beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty and the ensuing cultural backlash against Islam in France, Syrians have felt increasingly unsafe in France.
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10, 2020
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
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