Damascus

Astana Talks placed three de-escalation zones under government control. Is Idlib next? (Timeline)

Aug 18,2019

As the Turkish government’s security crackdown continues, Syrians experience a new siege in Istanbul

Syrians in legal limbo after Turkish security crackdown

Civil society in Syria: A hostage of fear, bureaucracy and politics

Syrians seek refuge in Saudi Arabia

LATEST FROM Damascus

‘Is it safe to go home?’ Amid promises of amnesty in Syria, defectors abroad weigh their options

March 18

One chilly night in recent months, a group of former Syrian army defectors gathered in an apartment in one of Syria’s neighboring countries.

‘To venture into the unknown’: After several years in the diaspora, a defector returns to Syria and then disappears

March 18

For months, Abu Mamdouh felt like he was being torn in half.

Billions pledged in Syria aid at ‘Brussels III’ conference, but few signs of political solution in sight

March 14

International donors pledged $6.75 billion in humanitarian assistance for Syria and neighboring countries at the “Brussels III” conference on Thursday, following days of talks tha...

Rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni warns against ‘making deals with war criminals’ as international community convenes at Brussels conference

March 14

BRUSSELS: “How can we build solutions with the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes?”

‘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...

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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