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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...

After Idlib agreement, hints of HTS-NLF tensions in one rebel-held town

September 27

The remnants of an explosion in Darat Izza last week. Photo courtesy of Darat Izza City’s Media Office. AMMAN: Half of the roads leading into an opposition-held town in nor...

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 ...

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