Ongoing closure of Rukban smuggling route leaves thousands of displaced Syrians fearing ‘siege’-like conditions
Displaced Syrians protest conditions in Rukban on October 10. Photo [...]
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10, 2018
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10, 2018
Despite revival in smuggling, Rukban’s markets go quiet
A shop in Rukban on Thursday. Photo by Omar a-Shawi [...]
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10, 2018
‘Those who must go, must go’: As the years drag on in Rukban camp, pregnant women face strapped medical services or a risky return home
Rukban women enter UN-run clinic in Jordan in March 2017. Photo by [...]
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10, 2018
Despite talk of returns, displaced Syrians in Rukban remain ‘caught in the middle’ of closed borders and geopolitics
Pocket after pocket of opposition-held territory has fallen to the [...]
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09, 2018
Photo essay: Displaced Syrians in Rukban camp build an education system from scratch
Displaced Syrians in Rukban camp build an education system from scratch
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09, 2018
Sudden closure of UN-run medical clinic leaves tens of thousands in Rukban camp without vital care
Rukban camp in March. Photo courtesy of Rukban Camp Civil [...]
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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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07, 2018
Families of Syria’s disappeared scramble for answers as government quietly closes thousands of detention files
A mural on rubble in Daraya memorializes people forcibly disappeared [...]
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07, 2018
A ‘children’s tragedy’: Hepatitis, diarrhea infect thousands of children stranded in Rukban amid summer heat
A Rukban toddler with “moderate” diarrhea symptoms on Monday, according [...]
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07, 2018
‘There must be a future to look toward’: Syria Direct graduates 11th cohort of trainee journalists
Syria Direct graduated its 11th class of young, aspiring Syrian [...]