Aleppo

Three years after ‘Olive Branch’: A militarized Afrin and continued violations against its residents

Feb 10,2021

Aleppo’s industry under Assad: A model for the ‘reconstruction of corruption’

The Autonomous Administration launches new reforms to placate tribal elements

Syria is the deadliest place for aid workers, and there is little hope for change

Looting, burning, cutting: How a decade of war has shrunk Syria’s forests

LATEST FROM Aleppo

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 ...

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...

At Cannes, Waad al-Kateab eternalizes the story of Aleppo during the Syrian revolution, shows solidarity with Idlib

May 29

Between bomDirectorbs falling in Aleppo and the applause in Cannes, France, Waad al-Kataeb found her voice. Her efforts to document the Syrian Revolution in her hometown of Aleppo...

Afrin’s Kurds fear echoes of historic discrimination, as Turkish-backed authorities forbid traditional Nowruz celebrations

March 21

The spring equinox celebration of Nowruz is usually marked by Kurdish communities with massive public feasts, ceremonial leaps over beds of flames and theatrical performances in t...

Syrian comedian on finding a distinctively Aleppo sense of humor despite ‘destruction, bloodshed’ in home city

March 19

In the early days, there was precious little equipment. Handheld camcorders, just a few props. Reflective headlights removed from cars served as light reflectors. And filming woul...

‘If we don’t show mercy to animals, we can’t be merciful with one another’: Aleppo’s cat rescuer on new memoir

March 07

All his life, Alaa Aljaleel dreamed of becoming a rescue worker. His father had served on Aleppo city’s fire brigade for 40 years, and he was determined to continue the tradition.

Displaced months ago, ‘undocumented’ Palestinians in Syria’s rebel-held northwest hope for end to civil status limbo

March 04

Residents threw their bags onto the roofs of the evacuation buses, years-old rubble tumbling from their apartment blocks into the streets outside.

After cuts, German aid agency reinstates funding to health directorates in rebel-held north with ‘strict conditions’

February 25

German development agency GIZ reinstated vital funding to health directorates across northwestern Syria according to “strict conditions,” local officials told Syria Direct on Mond...

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....

After inconclusive talks in Sochi, pro-government artillery escalates bombardment on key Idlib towns

February 17

AMMAN: Pro-government forces escalated artillery and rocket barrages on rebel-held towns in Syria’s northwest on Sunday, days after trilateral international talks between Iran, Ru...

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Photo essay: Syrian artist challenges death with art

After nearly two-year closure, Turkish border crossing opens to hundreds of Syrians

Unclaimed Aleppo city blast rocks funeral procession for Syrian soldier

Another unclaimed airstrike knocks out children's clinic in west Aleppo countryside

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