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‘War continued through other means’: How reconstruction risks perpetuating violence in a post-war Syria

Feb. 12, 2019
"Down with gangster rule." Graffiti in downtown Beirut, February 2. Photo by Tom Rollins for Syria Direct. When the reconstruction of downtown Beirut first began in the 1990s, one of the first acts by urban planners was to build a trench around the site. Buildings were demolished, bit by bit. Mines were cleared, squatters removed. Then, the serious work of rebuilding downtown Beirut—once...
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‘The one who gave life to the demonstrations’: Raed Fares, remembered

Nov. 26, 2018

‘Embrace of the nation’: How the Syrian government seeks to control, obstruct refugee returns

Oct. 25, 2018

In one Syrian displacement camp, World Cup an ‘escape’ from reality

Jul. 9, 2018
Deir Ballut Camp residents watch the Spain-Iran World Cup match outside al-Sayyed’s tent on June 20. Photo courtesy of Rami al-Sayyed. More than a dozen men, young and old,...
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After five years in Lebanon, one refugee makes a bittersweet return to Damascus

Jul. 3, 2018
As the bus carrying Rahab Um Bakr wound its way through the streets of Damascus this past Sunday, the 36-year-old looked out the window at a city scarred by years of war. It was ...
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After eight years of military service, one Syrian soldier prepares for a long-awaited return to ‘normal life’

May. 29, 2018
Somur Abu Fida never expected his engagement to last so long. But just months after the Syrian Arab Army soldier proposed to his fiancée in 2010, protests and violence spr...
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Latakia driver compelled to captain evacuation buses as ‘national duty’

May. 28, 2018
Jaafar, a 40-year-old bus driver from the government-held, coastal province of Latakia, has been crisscrossing Syria behind the wheel of his privately owned coach for nearly 10 ye...
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One young man ‘imprisoned’ in his own house, fearing arrest and conscription after government takes control of south Damascus

May. 23, 2018
Whenever Mohammad Kheirallah hears a knock on the door of his house, his heart stops for a moment. He drops everything and crawls up to hide in a small storage space above the kit...
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Former rebel fighter risks return to government-held Homs to escape dire living conditions in Rukban camp

May. 22, 2018
Less than one year ago, Khaled al-Ahmad fought with a Free Syrian Army (FSA)-affiliated faction in Syria’s sparsely populated eastern desert, where he lived with his family ...
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After government victory, one Douma resident visits home for the first time in six years

May. 21, 2018
Approaching the outskirts of Douma city with two of his four sons in the car earlier this month, Samir al-Hamwi was both thrilled and terrified of what awaited him in his hometown...
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'History is repeating itself' for Palestinian refugees displaced for second time in south Damascus evacuations

May. 14, 2018
Starting over in Damascus with one bag of clothes and a tent after fleeing Palestine in 1967, Ibrahim al-Khalili built a life, a family and a business in the Yarmouk camp as it sl...
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US needs ‘coherent approach’ to Syria policy, says ex-Department of Defense analyst Melissa Dalton

May. 2, 2018
Last month, American warplanes and missiles struck Assad government positions in Syria for the second time in just over a year, following reports of chemical weapons use in the co...
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‘A person who believed’: Remembering Razan Zaitouneh on her 41st birthday

Apr. 29, 2018
One by one, prisoners exited government buses into a packed auditorium in Damascus earlier this month. Many of the detainees, formerly held by an Islamist rebel faction in East Gh...
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