Mysterious assassinations, bombings as ‘security breakdown’ mires Daraa’s fragile peace
Syrian rebels ride on buses during evacuation from Daraa city in July 2018. Mohamad Abazeed/AFP.
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02, 2019
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02, 2019
Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria
For around five years, Judi Arash lived under siege in a bombed-out, encircled rebel-held area of northern Homs that, at one point, was restricted to just three square kilometers.As a respite, she threw herself into her job as a journalist, choosing to report on the conflict unfolding around her.
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02, 2019
In Daraa, where ‘walls have ears,’ post-reconciliation communities marred by fear, mistrust
A woman reads the Quran near a relative's tomb in [...]
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12, 2018
‘Like a big prison’: Months into reconciliation, invisible borders still divide Syria’s southwest
A child rides his bike past a mural of Bashar [...]
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11, 2018
‘We don’t even know if he’s alive’: Despite promises of reconciliation, rebels and former opposition figures disappear
Microbuses in Daraa city on October 2. Photo by Mohamad [...]
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11, 2018
Civil society, aid organizations withdraw into the shadows as Syrian government reasserts control
Vehicles of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent enter Daraa on [...]
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10, 2018
Life after reconciliation marred by arrests, broken promises as Syria’s southwest returns to government control
Daraa city in August 2017. Photo courtesy of Mohamad Abazeed. [...]
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08, 2018
What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct
Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo [...]
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08, 2018
As government launches wave of arrests in Daraa, dozens of stranded journalists fear for their fates
Russian military police in the Daraa town of Tafas on [...]
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07, 2018
Update: Syrian government recaptures border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Islamic State collapses, evacuates southwest
Government buses in Quneitra province on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of [...]
