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

Mar 21,2019

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

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

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

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

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With diplomacy failing, Syrian government, rebels and regional powers gear up for final Idlib showdown

September 13

Wreckage after an airstrike in Idlib this June. Photo courtesy of Idlib Civil Defense. AMMAN: An uneasy calm hangs heavy over Syria’s rebel-held northwest. While fewer...

‘No clear path forward’ as Syrian government, rebel factions and international powers brace for possible Idlib battle

September 11

HTS fighters conduct military training exercises in Idlib in August. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. After pro-government bombardment dramatically escalated this week across northern Hama a...

YPG’s insurgent campaign edges closer to Afrin rebels, civilians with deadly attack

September 06

A motorbike passes through an Afrin street in April. Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP. AMMAN: Darkness has settled over a patch of forest on the outskirts of Aleppo province’s ...

After displacement to the north, Syrians from East Ghouta navigate fragmented opposition administration

September 05

A Turkish government official visits al-Bab Local Council in February. Photo courtesy of al-Bab Local Council. AMMAN: Displaced from East Ghouta earlier this year, and with a new...

What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

August 28

Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo in April. Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP. After seven years of war, one image in particular has become a potent symb...

‘It’s like you have red flags all over you’: In rebel-held north, Syrians displaced by the Islamic State face discrimination, social stigma

August 19

A displacement camp near northern Aleppo’s Azaz in April. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP. AMMAN: Rudaina dreads checkpoints. Since fleeing her home in formerly Islamic State-held east...

As Syria’s proxies converge on Idlib, what’s next for Turkey’s northern state-within-a-state?

August 06

In Syria’s rural northern Aleppo province, children raised speaking Arabic and Kurdish are set to begin studying Turkish this fall. Meanwhile, local council offices display ...

What’s next for post-Islamic State Syria? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

July 29

Raqqa residents line up for bread in January. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP. The Islamic State once occupied a vast swathe of territory across Iraq and Syria that was—a...

‘They’re gone, but who has them?’ Afrin’s Kurdish FSA commanders, under pressure from all sides, go missing

July 26

A checkpoint in Afrin in May. Photo courtesy of Afrin Media Center. AMMAN: A car sits empty and abandoned on the Syrian side of the Bab a-Salama border point connecting northern ...

Rebel siege of two Shiite-majority Idlib towns ends with total evacuation of residents, militiamen

July 19

Evacuees from al-Fuaa and Kufraya arrive in government-held south Aleppo on Thursday. Photo courtesy of SANA. AMMAN: All remaining residents of two Shiite-majority towns in ...

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Photo Essay: Rebuilding Kobani

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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