LATEST FROM Daraa
September 01
On Sunday, residents of the western countryside of Daraa woke up to the news that a family of five was injured when a mine left behind by the Islamic State affiliate Jaish Khalid ...
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July 24
AMMAN- The bombing of a Syrian military bus in Daraa governorate by an unknown group on June 17th exemplified the intensifying violence that is engulfing southern Syria as a multi...
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July 18
AMMAN- One year after the Syian government retook control of southern Syria, the promised “reconciliation process” is stumbling as the area’s security situation deteriorates due t...
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June 20
Amman— Residents of one southern Syrian town have taken it upon themselves to provide electricity to their homes, paying out of pocket to set up electrical lines and pooling money...
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May 26
AMMAN — This winter, heavy rains pounded Qais’s fields on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa, promising him a good season, one that could compensate his losses, repay his debts an...
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March 21
Children playing in the Zaatari refugee camp in November 2017. Photo by Khalil Mazraawi/AFP.
AMMAN: Located off the highway in the southern Amman suburbs, the Syrian embassy in J...
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February 28
Syrian rebels ride on buses during evacuation from Daraa city in July 2018. Mohamad Abazeed/AFP.
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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....
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February 04
A woman reads the Quran near a relative's tomb in the opposition-held southern Syrian city of Daraa on the first day of Eid al-Adha on August 21, 2018. Mohamad Abazeed/AFP.
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December 20
Syrian-owned trucks sitting in line in Nuweiba, Egypt on November 20. Photo courtesy of Abu Omar.
AMMAN: In his decades-long career as a long-haul truck driver, Damascus-born Abu...
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