Daraa

Fear and uncertainty in Daraa: Is reconciliation over?

May 15,2020

Anger and confusion erupt over the Syrian government’s decision to ration bread through the smart card

Kidnapping row fuels sectarian strife between Daraa and Suwayda

Clashes in Daraa evoke memories of the start of the Syrian revolution

Smart cards for rationing: how the Syrian government is outsmarting accountability

LATEST FROM Daraa

Daraa residents ‘paralyzed’ by economy in recession, collapse of opposition-era civil society and NGO networks

October 29

Daraa city on October 2. Photo by Mohamad Abazeed/AFP. AMMAN: Ever since Um Muhammad lost her teaching job in June, getting by has meant cutting back on expenses, feeding her fou...

‘To Damascus!’ After years of closed borders, bus and taxi routes linking Jordan, Syria return to business

October 24

A taxi, waiting for passengers in Amman's central Abdali district on October 23, offers trips between "Amman-Damascus-Beirut." Photo by Waleed a-Noufal. AMMAN: The shabby-looking...

Life after reconciliation marred by arrests, broken promises as Syria’s southwest returns to government control

October 16

Daraa city in August 2017. Photo courtesy of Mohamad Abazeed. AMMAN: Abu Mahmoud can leave his home and pass through most of the government-run checkpoints that dot the roadways ...

Jordan reopens vital border crossing with Syria amid talk of diplomatic ‘normalization’

October 15

The Naseeb crossing on Monday. Photo courtesy of Damascus Now. AMMAN: Cars began trickling across Syria’s southern Naseeb border crossing with Jordan on Monday morning as t...

‘We want things back to how they were’: Business owners in Jordan’s north await uncertain reopening of Syrian border

October 09

The border wall demarcating the end of Jordanian territory (right) and the beginning of the Free Zone that lies along the Syrian-Jordanian border (left). Photo by Waleed a-Noufal....

Leaving refugee camp behind, Syrian teenager dreams of soccer glory in Brazil sports academy: ‘I’ll make Syria proud’

September 04

Zaatari's main sports field in August. Photo by Waleed a-Noufal. The plane touched down in the coastal Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro last Wednesday, and Syrian socc...

With memories still fresh from Daraa battle, recent arrivals to Idlib fear violence on the horizon

August 29

Russian and Syrian soldiers guard a crossing east of Idlib province in August. George Ourfalian/AFP. AMMAN: Bassel al-Jaber watches his words these days. The 38-year-old arrived ...

What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

August 28

Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo in April. Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP. After seven years of war, one image in particular has become a potent symb...

‘Where am I supposed to go?’ Despite growing talk of returns, Syrian refugees in Zaatari still fear risks of heading home

August 09

A Syrian in Zaatari Camp last week. Photo by Walid a-Nofal. ZAATARI: In a dusty metal caravan inside Zaatari, Jordan’s largest Syrian refugee camp, Abu Anwar scrolls throug...

As government launches wave of arrests in Daraa, dozens of stranded journalists fear for their fates

August 07

Russian military police in the Daraa town of Tafas on July 11. Photo courtesy of Daraa Now. AMMAN: Freelance journalist Samira a-Darawwi doesn’t sleep in the same plac...

PHOTO BRIEFS

Photo Essay: Everyday Jordanians send mattresses, bread, water to Daraa displaced as border remains shut

Photo Essay: A look inside Islamic State schoolbooks in southern Syria

‘There were children in there’: A testimony from a surrendered suicide bomber

Rebuilding a culture of sports around a war: ‘We don’t operate in hot zones’

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