Hama

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

Feb 25,2019

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

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

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

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

LATEST FROM Hama

Northern Hama farmers see harvests burned by government bombardment

May 29

AMMAN: Fires sparked by pro-government bombardment of agricultural land in Syria’s rebel-held northwest are costing farmers tens of thousands of dollars in damages, local of...

Dozens of medical facilities close in protest after rebel infighting damages Idlib hospital

April 16

AMMAN: Dozens of medical facilities in rebel-held northwestern Syria closed in protest on Monday after violent infighting between two rival opposition factions damaged a major reg...

Thousands to depart East Ghouta in second evacuation deal, only Douma remains

March 25

AMMAN: Thousands of fighters and residents boarded buses leaving East Ghouta’s central sector on Sunday under a Russian-backed surrender agreement set to leave the enclave&r...

Rebel fighters, families evacuate pocket of south Damascus for northwestern Syria

March 13

AMMAN: More than 1,000 rebel fighters and their families reportedly arrived in Syria’s opposition-held northwest on Tuesday after evacuating an isolated pocket of territory ...

Upheaval in Syria's northwestern rebel heartland as fledgling faction moves to dethrone HTS

February 28

AMMAN: A major upset to the balance of military power and territorial control in opposition-held northwestern Syria is underway, as a newly formed faction sweeps through the large...

New rebel faction seizes cities and towns from hardline Islamist coalition in Syria’s northwest

February 26

AMMAN: The newly formed rebel faction Jabhat Tahrir Souria seized a major city in opposition-controlled western Aleppo province and at least half a dozen other towns and villages ...

Pro-government forces claim advance towards major rebel-held city amid Idlib offensive

February 01

AMMAN: Deadly bombardment struck a major rebel-held city in eastern Idlib province on Thursday as pro-government forces reportedly advanced toward it within an ongoing, Russian-ba...

Families of missing Syrian soldiers left without benefits: ‘We’ve received nothing for his sacrifice’

January 25

AMMAN: When Tawfiq reached the bus station in central Syria’s Homs city on February 12, 2014, he called his wife Suad, as he always did after making the journey south from t...

Government forces advance inside rebel-held Idlib province

December 20

AMMAN: Rebels with the Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham coalition are battling to recapture territory in southern Idlib province on Wednesday after regime forces advanced from the south...

Northwest Syria’s disappearing water buffalo

December 11

AMMAN: For as long as 22-year-old Alaa Omar can remember, his family has raised water buffalo in their northern Hama province village. For most of his life, Omar and his three bro...

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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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