Hasakah

‘The water will not last more than a month’: Northeast Syria faces critical water shortage

Nov 10,2019

Civilians the only innocent party in ‘Operation Peace Spring’

'The Situation is miserable': IDPs caught between Turkey and Damascus' forces

The rise and fall of the Syrian Democratic Forces

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

LATEST FROM Hasakah

International volunteers play a key role in documenting Turkish offensive

October 13

As the Turkish offensive raged on, foreign volunteers played a key role in helping journalists and the outside world understand what was happening in northeast Syria.

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...

The ‘Autonomous Administration’ struggles under weight of IS detainees as insurgency evolves

September 17

As it contends with the Islamic State’s (IS) new post-caliphate strategy, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is struggling to deal with tens of thousands of detained IS ...

Discrimination, inefficiency and politics plague medical care in al-Hol camp

September 09

Amid a dire humanitarian situation in al-Hol camp in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, medical services are reportedly scarce and quality treatment hard to receive, in addi...

Tribal sponsorship system offers hope to thousands of Syrians in al-Hol camp in al-Hasaka

August 26

AMMAN— In partnership with tribal leaders in eastern Syria, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AA) has issued “tribal sponsorships” to release 1,122 women and ...

Turkish safe zone in Syria waits for US approval as tensions escalate

July 25

AMMAN- The US Special Representative for Syria, James Jeffrey, met with the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in Ankara on Monday, July 22 to discuss forming a safe zone in nor...

Explosion hits Kurdish police headquarters in Qamishli

June 18

Amman- A car bomb rocked downtown Qamishli on Monday afternoon, targeting a local Asayish station, the police force of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration, according to loca...

Fires, reduced prices disappoint northern Syria’s hopes for record harvest

May 26

AMMAN — This winter, heavy rains pounded Qais’s fields on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa, promising him a good season, one that could compensate his losses, repay his debts an...

“The SDF must acknowledge Turkey’s role in the region” says Kurdish political analyst

May 16

Abdullah Öcalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdish Workers Party (the PKK) has been in solitary confinement for the last twenty years, sitting in a cell in the Turkish Imrali ...

‘Unlike any other camp’: A journey through al-Hol, holding center for thousands of IS families

April 17

Al-Hol camp is the international community’s temporary solution to a growing crisis: the question of what to do with women IS members and their children born under the hardline gr...

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