Damascus

Syrians in former opposition pockets still using smugglers, corrupt security officials to transport themselves north amid ‘false promises’ of reconciliation

Apr 11,2019

The politics of return: Refugees, NGOs navigate increasingly fraught climate in host countries

Between bread queues and shifting red lines, war-weary Damascus residents navigate a city in flux

New legal initiative launches for ‘invisible’ families of Syria’s countless detained and disappeared

‘Where are you from?’ Facing fines and bureaucracy, refugee children in Jordan go undocumented

LATEST FROM Damascus

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...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

February 21

For around five years, Judi Arash lived under siege in a bombed-out, encircled rebel-held area of northern Homs that, at one point, was restricted to just three square kilometers....

‘War continued through other means’: How reconstruction risks perpetuating violence in a post-war Syria

February 12

"Down with gangster rule." Graffiti in downtown Beirut, February 2. Photo by Tom Rollins for Syria Direct. When the reconstruction of downtown Beirut first began in the 1990s, on...

In downtown Beirut, signs of the coming cost of Syria’s reconstruction plans

February 12

Residential tower blocks under construction in downtown Beirut, February 2. Photo by Tom Rollins for Syria Direct. BEIRUT: In the streets around downtown Beirut one weekend after...

‘Waiting for a place in the gas line’: Residents of government-held Syria voice discontent over fuel, electricity shortages

January 30

Gas cylinders are distributed in the Sarouja neighborhood of Damascus last week. Photo courtesy of SANA. AMMAN: In one video, a man marries a gas cylinder dressed in a white wedd...

Life after reconciliation: East Ghoutans who stayed behind grapple with delayed settlement papers, disappearances

January 24

A man rides a motorcycle in an East Ghouta neighborhood on October 8, 2018. AMMAN: Last month, Fawaz al-Muhammad’s 65-year-old father-in-law showed up unexpectedly ...

Key Syrian reconstruction figures sanctioned by EU as business delegation heads to UAE

January 21

An overhead view of the Marota City construction project, from an October 2018 promotional video. AMMAN: The European Union on Monday announced sanctions against 11 prominent Syr...

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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