Reconstruction plan for eastern Damascus neighborhoods alarms residents
A proposal to rebuild destroyed neighborhoods in eastern Damascus through private investment and partial compensation for property owners has angered and alarmed residents who consider it “theft” and disguised expropriation.
Denied for decades, Syria’s stateless Kurds edge towards recognition
As stateless Syrian Kurds begin applying for citizenship under a recent presidential decree, hopes of restoring long-denied rights are tempered by bureaucratic hurdles and past disappointments.
Red lines and death threats: Freedom of expression wanes in Suwayda
Under pressure and death threats, a number of journalists and activists have fled Suwayda in recent months as the space for free expression narrows in the Druze-majority southern province.
Why did Germany keep a report used to justify deportations to Syria a secret?
Germany kept a report used to justify post-Assad deportations to Syria confidential for nearly a year before quietly releasing it last week. It appears to contain inaccuracies.
In southern Syria, echoes of the US-Israeli war with Iran hit close to home
While not a direct target of the escalating conflict between Israel, the US, Iran and Hezbollah, southern Syria is feeling its fallout—from drone debris to increased patrols by occupying forces.
‘A long way to go’: As Syrians commemorate the revolution, has it achieved its goals?
On the second anniversary of the revolution since the fall of the Assad regime, have its earliest aims—freedom, justice, dignity and the rule of law—been achieved, or is the journey far from over?
With rare movement in Suwayda-Damascus deadlock, can a solution emerge?
After months of deadlock, a prisoner swap between Damascus and Suwayda opened a “new” negotiating channel, but is there a way forward amid internal divisions and struggles over representation?
One year after Syria’s coastal massacres, justice remains elusive
As Alawites mark one year since the massacres in Syria’s coastal regions, residents of Baniyas say fear persists, wounds remain unhealed and political demands unmet.
Unspoken exclusion: Inaccessible public transport isolates disabled Syrians
An inaccessible public transportation system and degraded infrastructure pose daily challenges to disabled Syrians, isolating them and preventing their freedom of movement in an “unspoken form of social exclusion.”
‘We lost everything’: How Israeli herbicides destroyed Quneitra crops and pastures
Israeli aircraft sprayed large areas of Syria’s southern Quneitra province with herbicides at least three times in late January, killing crops, devastating farmers and damaging trees.