LATEST FROM Damascus
December 08
Syrians today are acting like economists, meticulously monitoring the price of the national currency against the US dollar. With the rapid decline in the value of the Syrian pound...
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December 06
In spite of the celebratory language that characterized the UN announcement of the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, the committee’s meetings do not seem to meet t...
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November 14
Jordan stands out for accepting Syrian refugees en-masse and represents a success story as it continues to welcome refugees at both the official and grassroots levels.
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October 30
Syria Direct sat down with Dr. Abdulbasit Sieda, the former president of the Syrian National Council, to discuss the future of the Kurds and the Syrian national opposition in the ...
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October 30
After years of countless negotiations and meetings, Syria’s “constitutional committee” begins its work in Geneva today. Will the committee lead to a political solution to the Syri...
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October 28
IDP camps in northwest Syria face potential disaster if they do not prepare adequately for the coming rainy season
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October 07
As tensions came to a head in northeastern Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest threat to invade east of the Euphrates, a variety of Syrian-Kurdish and Turki...
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October 03
Russia represents an exceptional case in its unwavering support for the crimes of Bashar al-Assad against his people throughout the revolution and seems to have a different unders...
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October 02
This article examines the strategy Russia used during its military intervention in Syria, where war is not just fought with bullets, but also with tweets, aid packages and mercena...
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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...
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