Woman joins Latakia police force: ‘I’m helping my family get by’
When she first started working at the police station, Nawwal’s male colleagues gave her stran...
Latakia
After eight years of military service, one Syrian soldier prepares for a long-awaited return to ‘normal life’
Somur Abu Fida never expected his engagement to last so long.
But just months after the Syrian Ara...
Hours after rebels reportedly shoot down chopper, airstrikes pummel nearby city
AMMAN: Russian warplanes unleashed “dozens” of airstrikes in northwest Syria’s op...
Syria Situation Report: March 9 - March 17, 2017
Welcome to the latest installment of the Syria SITREP highlighting key developments in the Syrian C...
After kidnapping in pro-Assad heartland, survivor says 'it’s the law of the jungle here’
Three masked gunmen kidnapped Mustafa, 50, just outside his home in the small coastal city of Jable...
Syrian mother 'trapped' on Turkish border as she vies to join husband in Germany
Leila couldn’t see the Turkish army snipers through the darkness late Sunday night, but when ...
Fires blaze through prized Latakia forestland, trees ‘reduced to charcoal’
When Abu Raed smelled smoke in the air on Wednesday morning, he immediately thought back to last No...
A family divided by war leaves an elderly woman alone, ‘too ashamed’ to ask for help
When Umm Rahef, 71, remembers her late husband Hani, she remembers the good days: her childhood nei...
Most public transport in Latakia suspended amidst fuel shortage, 2 bus lines reinstated after outcry
Public transportation services in the regime-held, northwest coastal city of Latakia and its surrou...
Syria Situation Report: January 19 - January 26, 2017
Welcome to the latest installment of the Syria SITREP highlighting key developments in the Syrian C...
‘People can’t stand it any longer:’ Regime supporters in Latakia fed up with 1 hour of electricity
On January 15, dozens of pro-regime supporters protested even deeper power cuts in the Syrian gover...
