Hama

Looting, burning, cutting: How a decade of war has shrunk Syria’s forests

Sep 29,2020

Russia carries out airstrikes in Idlib as Turkey advances in Libya

Damascus struggles to secure wheat supply amidst coronavirus crisis

Hijacking of the “freedom revolution”: HTS imprisons activists in northwest Syria (interactive map)

After cuts, German aid agency reinstates funding to health directorates in rebel-held north with ‘strict condition...

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Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

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....

After inconclusive talks in Sochi, pro-government artillery escalates bombardment on key Idlib towns

February 17

AMMAN: Pro-government forces escalated artillery and rocket barrages on rebel-held towns in Syria’s northwest on Sunday, days after trilateral international talks between Iran, Ru...

Local councils, civil society brace for HTS takeover after cuts to healthcare funding in rebel-held northwest

January 20

AMMAN: Civil society organizations and local government bodies in Syria’s rebel-held northwest are bracing for funding cuts and an encroaching transition towards hardline Islamist...

HTS continues offensive against areas of rebel-held northwest, ‘cutting off’ and seizing nearly a dozen towns from factional rivals

January 08

AMMAN: Hardline Islamist fighters from Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham seized nearly a dozen towns and villages from rival Syrian opposition factions in the country’s northwest Tuesday morni...

‘Uneasy’ peace hangs over Syria’s northwest after airstrikes, alleged chemical attack

November 26

AMMAN: A Russian- and Turkish-brokered demilitarized buffer zone in northwestern Syria that has weathered months of tit-for-tat violence between pro-government forces and rebels c...

For ransom or for rule: Local aid workers describe risks amid wave of kidnappings in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

November 01

Customers buy food on a busy street in the centre of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on September 24, 2018. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: Saddam al-Muhammad was walk...

Hardline groups within Idlib buffer zone defy withdrawal deadline as rebels, government exchange fire

October 15

NLF fighters in rural southern Aleppo on Sunday. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: Hardline militant groups in Syria’s northwest missed a critical deadline on Monday to ...

Idlib ceasefire remains fraught with obstacles as Turkish-backed rebels announce withdrawal from buffer zone

October 08

An NLF fighter in southwest Idlib province on Sunday. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP) AMMAN: Turkish-backed rebel groups completed withdrawals of heavy weaponry from a proposed bu...

‘If the calm holds’: After agreement over the fate of Syria’s northwest, displaced civilians cautiously return home to proposed buffer zone

September 26

Airstrikes hit Latamna in early September. Photo courtesy of Syrian Civil Defense-Hama. AMMAN: When Bashir al-Ahmad entered his hometown of Latamna in Syria’s northwe...

With diplomacy failing, Syrian government, rebels and regional powers gear up for final Idlib showdown

September 13

Wreckage after an airstrike in Idlib this June. Photo courtesy of Idlib Civil Defense. AMMAN: An uneasy calm hangs heavy over Syria’s rebel-held northwest. While fewer...

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Photo Essay: Displaced families from northeast Hama flee ongoing battles, settle in sparse camps

Wealthy Saudi preacher funds bounty on regime tanks and vehicles

Hama Red Crescent prepares to receive Idlib evacuees

Opposition bakeries struggle to serve a hungry citizenry

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