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A refuge little more than temporary: Syrian refugees in Denmark ‘living day by day’ amid threat of tougher refugee policies

December 19

Embed from Getty Images // People protest against proposed new refugee policies in Copenhagen in December. Photo courtesy of Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. AMMAN: When Ahmad...

A life among the ruins: Displaced East Aleppo residents pushed to sell homes as promises of reconstruction, security go undelivered

November 29

AMMAN: East Aleppo’s a-Sukkari district was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods, and among the last to fall, during the Syrian government’s crippling siege and intensive bombardm...

‘Uneasy’ peace hangs over Syria’s northwest after airstrikes, alleged chemical attack

November 26

AMMAN: A Russian- and Turkish-brokered demilitarized buffer zone in northwestern Syria that has weathered months of tit-for-tat violence between pro-government forces and rebels c...

After latest arrest of media activist in Afrin, ‘oppressed’ journalists in rebel-held Afrin hope for end to impunity

November 20

Turkey-backed Syrian fighters stand guard in Afrin on Monday. Photo by Bakr AlKasem/AFP. AMMAN: When Bilal Srewel was released last week after days in detention—in Turkish-...

Clashes erupt across Afrin as Turkish-backed rebels move in on faction singled out for ‘corruption’

November 18

Smoke rises over Afrin during Sunday’s clashes. Photo courtesy of Afrin Breaking. AMMAN: A Turkish-backed rebel alliance exchanged heavy gun and artillery fire on Sunday wi...

Flooded tents, unresponsive authorities at Turkish-run displacement camp bracing for first winter

November 14

A Deir Ballut resident assesses water damage to the camp after a storm on October 25. Photo courtesy of Rami al-Sayyed. AMMAN: Akram* woke with a start to what sounded like the p...

Fighting between Turkish army, Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria continues despite American efforts to de-escalate

October 31

A Turkish armored personnel carrier is struck by a missile on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the YPG. AMMAN: Turkey and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units clashed near Kob...

‘The head is Turkish, the body Syrian': Expanding Turkish influence in rebel-held north leaves Syrians ambivalent about the future

October 24

Inauguration of a courthouse in a-Rai in September. Photo courtesy of the National Police and General Security Forces in a-Rai. AMMAN: When the governor of Turkey’s Kilis p...

Hardline groups within Idlib buffer zone defy withdrawal deadline as rebels, government exchange fire

October 15

NLF fighters in rural southern Aleppo on Sunday. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: Hardline militant groups in Syria’s northwest missed a critical deadline on Monday to ...

‘Who let you live in this home?’ In Afrin, Turkish-backed rebels seize homes, evict displaced Syrians

October 01

Afrin city on September 29. Photo by Malak Abo Obayda for Syria Direct. AMMAN: Izzadine al-Homsi knew from the start that his new home in Turkish-occupied Afrin wouldn&rsquo...

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