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

Feb 17,2020

Protests in Daraa: Russia absent as Damascus weaponizes ‘tribal schisms’

From denial to discipline: Syrian government responds to the economic crisis

After stealing their dream of freedom, Damascus goes after Syrians’ assets

Russia’s Vision of the “Political Solution” in Syria

LATEST FROM Daraa

‘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...

One week since deadly attack, latest evacuations of Islamic State fighters leave Suwayda residents ‘paralyzed by fear’

August 01

Residents chant anti-Islamic State slogans in Suwayda city on Wednesday. Photo by local activists. AMMAN: Syrian government buses evacuated hundreds of Islamic State militants fo...

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 ...

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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