Homs

In al-Rukban camp, humanitarian inaction opens avenues for aid diversion

Dec 22,2020

In pictures: Wildfires engulf Syria’s coast for the second time this summer

Sorrow in the city, joy in the desert: A marriage in al-Rukban camp

Unable to control territory, IS still ‘has the upper hand in the Syrian Badiya’

Clinics close in al-Rukban as camp braces for Coronavirus

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Reconstructing the nation, one dome at a time

February 06

In a country like Syria, even something as seemingly benign as repairing a church or a mosque takes on political dimensions. As sites like the Armenian Bethel Church and the Great...

Al-Rukban camp faces challenges after decline in assistance and services

October 14

Samir al-Homsi’s single-room mud house is thirty meters apart from his nearest neighbor in al-Rukban camp for displaced Syrians. “Most of the neighbors have left,” al-Homsi told S...

With new tactics and targets, ISIS demonstrates resilience in Syria (interactive map)

August 10

AMMAN - Since the “caliphate” that the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) declared over wide swathes of Syria and Iraq in July 2014 was officially eliminated, the terrorist g...

Residents of Rukban face their “most difficult choice” as caravans depart camp

May 02

Amman- A 26 year-old man stands in front of his house, built out of mud, and watches what has become a regular sight: a crowded convoy of trucks preparing to depart from the Rukba...

Thousands leave Rukban camp in largest convoy to date as Russian, Syrian pressure mounts

April 23

Monday saw the latest convoy to leave Rukban camp, an isolated informal camp settlement of mud homes housing up to 40,000 displaced Syrians on the Syrian-Jordanian border.

In Rukban, rumors of dead, mistreated returnees leave displaced residents mulling an uncertain homecoming

April 15

The rumors were unconfirmed: two men who had returned to Syrian government territory from Rukban camp via a Russian-backed “humanitarian corridor” were reportedly shot dead by sec...

Hundreds of Rukban camp residents leaving US-administered desert zone board Syrian government buses

April 10

The photos are scarce. In one, a dozen or so women, young children and elderly men bite down on sandwiches as they crowd the inside of a bus. One of the passengers wears a red ves...

Desert meeting over fate of Rukban camp points to mounting pressure from Russia, Syria

March 26

There were no details in the announcement on where the supposed meeting would take place, or even if American officials had been notified ahead of time.Either way, that meeting we...

UN-registered Syrian refugees in Jordan return home for visits, unexpectedly lose refugee status: ‘If we had known, we wouldn’t have visited’

March 11

Just outside Damascus’ Old City in what was once the sprawling working-class suburb of Jobar, Abdel Rahman* had a home and a family.But it’s been eight years since he last saw tha...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: The women of Syrian journalism

February 28

Syria’s 2011 uprising gave hundreds of Syrian journalists a new voice to tell their country’s story. But have men and women been given an equal voice? What if the language we use ...

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In pictures: Wildfires engulf Syria’s coast for the second time this summer

Photo essay: Displaced Syrians in Rukban camp build an education system from scratch

‘We feel lifeless’: Heat stroke hits displaced residents living in desert no-man’s land on Syrian-Jordanian border

Hundreds of residents return to regime-controlled Homs city months after leaving in rebel surrender agreement

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