Hasakah

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

Apr 17,2019

With tents swept away by torrential rains, northern Syria’s displaced seek shelter in mosques, olive groves

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

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

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

LATEST FROM Hasakah

Kurdish residents in Syria’s north find linguistic freedom after decades of state suppression

November 29

AMMAN: It still feels like a dream for Younis Hami every time he stands before an audience and recites his poetry in his native Kurmanji, a dialect of the Kurdish language. It is...

Displaced people from Raqqa, Deir e-Zor strain limited resources in northern camps

November 28

AMMAN: Standing near the patch of ground where she and her eight children sleep at an overcrowded displacement camp in northeastern Syria, her face framed by a black hijab, Hediya...

Photo Essay: The morning market in Ras al-Ain

November 21

The market in downtown Ras al-Ain comes to life each morning at 6am. Vegetable and fruit vendors open their stalls, piling tables high with lemons, cabbages, tomatoes and onions. ...

After escaping IS-held Deir e-Zor, family splits apart on journey to safety

November 14

Umm Talaa’s family of seven once lived under the Islamic State in their Deir e-Zor province village. But in early October, as frontlines drew closer and bombs rained down, t...

‘Getting here cost us everything’: Making a new life in Syria’s Kurdish north

November 14

Muthanna al-Hamid and his family of 10 said goodbye to their home in a village along the Euphrates River in Syria’s eastern Deir e-Zor province in September, as battles to d...

Tribal leaders halt conscription policy by Kurdish-led forces in Manbij, Tabqa

November 08

AMMAN: Kurdish forces in northern Syria are conscripting residents into “self-defense forces” despite local opposition, civilians and Kurdish officials tell Syria Dire...

The State of Rojava: A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

November 05

AMMAN: Seven years into the Syrian civil war, the country’s Kurdish-majority regions enjoy a level of autonomy unthinkable before 2011. Kurdish culture and language, suppres...

After victories against Islamic State, SDF redefines its role

October 31

As the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their campaign against the Islamic State in northeastern Syria, newly captured towns and cities are facing the monumental ...

Deir e-Zor’s displaced flee frontlines only to battle disease, misery in northern camp

October 26

AMMAN: Scores of displaced people are falling ill—and some dying—from preventable diseases such as tuberculosis and scabies in a Kurdish-run camp in northeastern Syria...

As the sun sets on the Islamic State, one family flees by night to safety

October 25

In the town of al-Asharah, on the western bank of the Euphrates River in Deir e-Zor province, Samia Umm Muhammad was born 38 years ago. There she laughed, grew, studied and worked...

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Kurdish protesters demand Turkish forces return to their side of the border

Syrian Kurdish refugees in Iraq protest PYD conscription

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