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May 20,2019

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On the anniversary of the peace deal in Southern Damascus “there is no amnesty, no reconciliation.”

“No end in sight” A day in the life of a journalist during the Damascus fuel crisis

‘From one crisis to another’: Gas queues and frustration as Damascus residents grapple with fuel shortages

LATEST FROM Damascus

‘I came here so I could talk,’ says Syrian NGO founder at Brussels III, despite limbo in Swiss asylum center

March 14

BRUSSELS: A longtime humanitarian worker and the founder of his own Lebanon-based NGO, Ashraf Alhafny has spent the past seven months in a Swiss reception center for asylum seeker...

UN-registered Syrian refugees in Jordan return home for visits, unexpectedly lose refugee status: ‘If we had known, we wouldn’t have visited’

March 11

Just outside Damascus’ Old City in what was once the sprawling working-class suburb of Jobar, Abdel Rahman* had a home and a family.But it’s been eight years since he last saw tha...

‘My life is here’: Syrian refugees in Denmark at risk of asylum denials, future returns under new Danish policy

March 11

Syrians demonstrate against the Danish government's refugee policies in December. Photo courtesy of Ahmad Abdulrahman. AMMAN: When Aisha* and her husband got married in Denmark a...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: The women of Syrian journalism

February 28

Syria’s 2011 uprising gave hundreds of Syrian journalists a new voice to tell their country’s story. But have men and women been given an equal voice? What if the language we use ...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Art in Exile Part 2

February 27

For Syrian pianist and singer Salam Susu, music is about more than just a career.

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Art in Exile Part 1

February 27

As a stateless Palestinian from Syria who has spent the past eight years in exile since fleeing her home—first in Algeria and now in Denmark—Samara Sallam often finds herself grap...

Syrian author Khaled Khalifa on latest novel about ‘fear, in all its manifestations’

February 27

Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa. Photo courtesy of Yamam Al Shaar.

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Syrian women’s cooking start-ups spread throughout Jordan

February 25

Cooking startups have gained popularity among Syrian refugee women in Jordan as an alternative source of income, with economic conditions increasingly difficult for many families ...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Damascus-Beqaa

February 24

Hop onto any one of the public minibuses parked on the street outside, and you can be in Damascus in about an hour or two. It’s one of many reminders of home here at Women Now, a ...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: From ‘victims’ to providers of psychological support

February 24

Mental health support for Syrian refugees is an important focus for civil society organizations in Jordan. But over the course of the Syrian conflict, traditional methods of psych...

PHOTO BRIEFS

Rebels, residents leave east Damascus district for Idlib: ‘It’s like starting over from scratch’

Sick residents evacuated, injured fighters leave as second round of Four Towns Agreement begins

VIDEO: Darayya, as seen by its children

VIDEO: How to produce cooking gas in a blockaded town

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