Raqqa

Smart cards for rationing: how the Syrian government is outsmarting accountability

Feb 17,2020

Reconstructing the nation, one dome at a time

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New resolution restricts cross-border assistance to Syria

Corpses sent home as Syrians fight Turkey’s war in Libya

LATEST FROM Raqqa

How many civilians are returning to the Turkish ‘safe zone’?

December 01

There has been mass confusion over the number and makeup of those IDPs returning to Turkish-controlled areas post-Operation Peace Spring. Who is actually returning and what does t...

Civilians the only innocent party in ‘Operation Peace Spring’

October 27

Humanitarian and human rights organizations have intensified their warnings about the consequences of the military operation, especially as civilian casualties and displacements m...

The rise and fall of the Syrian Democratic Forces

October 16

Just as surprising as President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon US allies in northeastern Syria and pave the way for Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring,” was the Syrian Democrati...

The Syrian National Army: For the Syrian revolution or against the Kurds?

October 15

Throughout the Syrian Revolution, there have been persistent popular calls for the Syrian opposition factions to unify as a single military body that can guarantee the gains made ...

Turkey’s ‘Operation Peace Spring’ further splinters the Syrian opposition

October 13

The Turkish military operation has sparked a great deal of controversy among Syrians opposed to both the government and the PYD, including political entities and figures, intellec...

Russian pretexts at Assad's disposal

October 01

AMMAN—Although the reasons that led Russia to intervene militarily in Syria, on September 30, 2015, are “plentiful, complex and interrelated,” according to Taha Abdul Wahed, a Syr...

SDF arrest humanitarian workers in Raqqa, raising questions and concerns

August 19

AMMAN—Last week, a group of humanitarian workers was arrested in the northern city of Raqqa, by the Kurdish-led military alliance, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). While the arrest...

Suspected IS sleeper cells step up assassinations, attacks in eastern Syria after SDF ‘victory’ in Baghouz

March 27

Islamic State sleeper cells are assassinating local officials and laying roadside bombs across eastern Syria, where the militant group is exploiting a fragile security situation ...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

February 21

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....

US allies in Syria left stunned by shock announcement of military withdrawal

December 20

US forces near Manbij in 2017. Delil Souleiman/AFP. AMMAN: US-backed factions and displaced Syrians in eastern Syria expressed “surprise” on Thursday over a shock dec...

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