‘The photos he left behind speak for themselves’: Remembering the work of Yarmouk photographer Niraz Saied
Two Yarmouk residents in 2015. Photo courtesy of Niraz Saied.
During the days of the siege, young ...
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‘China has a lot to gain by supporting Assad in a post-war Syria’: A conversation with Stimson Center researcher Logan Pauley
For 60 years, successive Chinese governments have stood doggedly by an official policy of “no...
Families of Syria’s disappeared scramble for answers as government quietly closes thousands of detention files
A mural on rubble in Daraya memorializes people forcibly disappeared in 2016. Photo courtesy of Maj...
After eight years, Damascus International Flower Festival returns to a changed capital
The “Damascus Brings Us Together” festival in Tishreen Park on June 29. Photo cour...
‘There must be a future to look toward’: Syria Direct graduates 11th cohort of trainee journalists
Syria Direct graduated its 11th class of young, aspiring Syrian journalists on Sunday after they co...
Navigating new lives under Assad, East Ghouta students renew dreams of a university degree
Young Syrians walk through downtown Damascus in May. Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP.
AMMAN: In early J...
After five years in Lebanon, one refugee makes a bittersweet return to Damascus
As the bus carrying Rahab Um Bakr wound its way through the streets of Damascus this past Sunday, t...
Damascus residents breathe a sigh of relief as scores of security checkpoints come down
AMMAN: Before 2011, Abu Malek’s 20-minute trip from his home in southeast Damascus to his job...
After eight years of military service, one Syrian soldier prepares for a long-awaited return to ‘normal life’
Somur Abu Fida never expected his engagement to last so long.
But just months after the Syrian Ara...
One young man ‘imprisoned’ in his own house, fearing arrest and conscription after government takes control of south Damascus
Whenever Mohammad Kheirallah hears a knock on the door of his house, his heart stops for a moment. ...
Government seizes full control of south Damascus from the Islamic State: Syrian Armed Forces
AMMAN: Syrian government forces announced they seized full control of the southern districts of Dam...
