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Update: Syrian government recaptures border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Islamic State collapses, evacuates southwest

July 31

Government buses in Quneitra province on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Suqoor al-Quneitra. AMMAN: Syrian pro-government forces now control the entirety of southwestern Syria for the...

Daraa reconciliation agreements just ‘ink on paper’ for journalists, White Helmets awaiting results of closed-door negotiations

July 26

Members of the Daraa Civil Defense earlier this month. Photo courtesy of Daraa Civil Defense. AMMAN: Hundreds of Syrian Civil Defense members and journalists along the Syrian-Jor...

'There's nothing left': Khirbet Ghazaleh residents return home after five-year exile to find burned, looted homes

July 24

A street in Khirbet Ghazaleh last week. Photo courtesy of Khirbit Ghazalah. AMMAN: For the first time in nearly five years, Shadi Abu Rami is walking through the hallways of his ...

After international rescue evacuates hundreds of White Helmets and family members, those left behind fear government reprisals

July 23

Civil Defense volunteers run to the site of a bombing in Daraa city on June 25. Photo courtesy of Syria Civil Defense. AMMAN: In an unprecedented international rescue operation e...

‘They took the idea of a ceasefire and distorted it’: Opposition negotiator reflects on de-escalation after Daraa battle

July 23

Government buses gather in held Daraa in a photo from July 15. Photo courtesy of Nabaa Media. Yahya al-Aridi had his first foray into negotiations in the early 90s, when he...

Dozens of families ‘trapped’ in no-man’s land along Jordan border following government advances in Daraa

July 19

Displaced Syrians place tents near the Jordanian border on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Abu Saeed. In a barren patch of land between Syria’s southwestern Daraa pr...

Syrian government seizes strategic high ground as ‘battle for mountains,’ reconciliation talks in Daraa province continue

July 18

Atop Tel al-Hara in March 2017. Photo courtesy of Amjad Assaf. AMMAN: Syrian government warplanes launched airstrikes against hardline rebel fighters entrenched on a hilltop over...

‘There must be a future to look toward’: Syria Direct graduates 11th cohort of trainee journalists

July 15

Syria Direct graduated its 11th class of young, aspiring Syrian journalists on Sunday after they completed a three-month course in researching and producing in-depth, objective re...

Thousands of displaced families cornered along Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after rebels surrender eastern Daraa

July 11

Embed from Getty Images // Displaced Daraa residents in the Burayqah camp near the Golan Heights in July. Photo courtesy of Ahmad Al-Msalam. AMMAN: After being di...

Pro-government warplanes bomb Islamic State affiliate in Daraa for first time

July 11

Aftermath of pro-government airstrikes on JKW-held territory on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Muhammad al-Ajami. AMMAN: Pro-government warplanes bombed an Islamic State affil...

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