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LATEST FROM Idlib

Despite societal and financial hurdles, Idlib's women persevere

November 10

One of the largest barriers to womens' professional advancement and ability to support the family in Idlib is a lack of investment in women and their training facilities.

‘#BeatsNotBombs’: Idlib rapper protests all parties

September 29

“We are drowning in shit,” Amir sings while standing in a half-destroyed classroom. In his rap video released this week, “On All Fronts,” he takes aim at virtually every party in ...

Is HTS benefitting from Coalition airstrikes against foreign jihadists?

September 22

The U.S.-led “Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh” carried out two airstrikes in northwestern Syria in July and August, targeting camps run by Huras al-Din and Ansar al-Tawhid extrem...

Four years after the “refugee crisis:” Germany remains a safe place for Syrians

September 16

BERLIN—We met in a moment of despair at the end of July. Mahmoud, whose name and age have been changed to protect his identity, had been prevented from crossing the Bosnian border...

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

September 15

During the first week of September, protesters across Idlib province expressed their opposition to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) leader, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, and the Syrian gove...

What happened in Khan Sheikhoun?

August 28

The sudden collapse of the opposition resistance in the city of Khan Sheikhoun, in the southern countryside of Idlib province, raised questions as to how the opposition militant g...

Khan Sheikhoun exposes the limitations of the Turkish guarantor role

August 21

AMMAN- After weeks of heavy ground and air offensive by the Syrian government forces and Russian air force, the opposition armed groups were forced to withdraw from the city of Kh...

Khan Sheikhoun: A city that dies more than once

August 15

AMMAN - Until recently, the city of Khan Sheikhoun was a symbol of life in Syria. While some accounts date the building of the city to the Byzantine era, discoveries made of build...

Four months in, civilians remain a target of the government military campaign on northwest Syria

August 02

AMMAN- Since the beginning of Russia and the Syrian government’s military campaign on northwest Syria in April 2019, territory control has barely changed.

Civil Defense: More than 200 killed in Idlib during Ramadan

June 13

Amman - The Syrian Civil Defense documented 24 people killed and 35 injured on Monday as a result of the Syrian government’s targeting of northern Hama and southern Idlib province...

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

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

Residents in northwest Syrian town caught in the latest crackdown by Al-Qaeda-linked rebel faction

Sick residents evacuated, injured fighters leave as second round of Four Towns Agreement begins

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