Photo of the Week

27 03, 2025
  • Umm Muhammad fries kibbeh, a famous Syrian dish made with bulgur wheat and meat, outside her home in the southern Idlib countryside town of Kafr Nubl, 20/3/2025 (Salwa Abdulrahman/Syria Direct)

Preparing for iftar in Kafr Nubl (Photos)

By Syria Direct|2025-03-27T16:43:42+01:00March 27, 2025|

Umm Muhammad prepares an iftar meal for her children in Kafr Nubl, the southern Idlib town she and her husband returned to after the Assad regime fell. Many families—including her children—have not returned due to extensive destruction and poor services. 

20 07, 2021
  • A man smiles while carrying a goat in the sheep market in Idlib province northwest Syria, on the eve of Eid al-Adha

The joy of Eid (20/7/2021)

By Lamees Assaf|2022-12-09T15:25:50+01:00July 20, 2021|

With Eid al-Adha approaching, the sheep market in Idlib province is crowded with livestock. But the turnout is almost non-existent due to successive economic crises in northwest Syria

21 06, 2021
  • Food security under fire

Food security under fire (21/6/2021)

By Lamees Assaf|2021-07-27T16:01:05+02:00June 21, 2021|

A photo shows entirely burned wheat fields as a result of the regime's bombing of opposition-held areas in al-Ghab plain in the western countryside of Hama province

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