Latakia

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

Feb 21,2019

With al-Fuaa and Kufraya’s residents long gone, displaced families from across Syria take their place

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

Russian-Turkish agreement stalls anticipated Idlib offensive ‘for the time being,' civilians, rebel commanders say

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

LATEST FROM Latakia

After eight years of military service, one Syrian soldier prepares for a long-awaited return to ‘normal life’

May 29

Somur Abu Fida never expected his engagement to last so long. But just months after the Syrian Arab Army soldier proposed to his fiancée in 2010, protests and violence spr...

Syria Direct graduates its 9th class of journalists

January 15

Syria Direct graduated its ninth class of aspiring Syrian journalists Sunday after they completed a three-month course on the basics of journalism at our office in Amman, Jordan. ...

Latakia authorities bulldoze homes, businesses in Palestinian camp, residents say

November 16

AMMAN: Syrian regime authorities in the coastal city of Latakia have reportedly demolished dozens of homes and shops in a former Palestinian refugee camp over the past two weeks, ...

Woman joins Latakia police force: ‘I’m helping my family get by’

July 11

When she first started working at the police station, Nawwal’s male colleagues gave her strange looks, and kept their distance. She and her female colleague often sat alone,...

Hours after rebels reportedly shoot down chopper, airstrikes pummel nearby city

March 28

AMMAN: Russian warplanes unleashed “dozens” of airstrikes in northwest Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province late Monday night, killing at least five civilians ...

Syria Situation Report: March 9 - March 17, 2017

March 17

Welcome to the latest installment of the Syria SITREP highlighting key developments in the Syrian Civil War. The SITREP Map is made possible through a partnership between the Inst...

After kidnapping in pro-Assad heartland, survivor says 'it’s the law of the jungle here’

March 13

Three masked gunmen kidnapped Mustafa, 50, just outside his home in the small coastal city of Jableh, 23km southeast of Latakia’s provincial capital last September. They did...

Syrian mother 'trapped' on Turkish border as she vies to join husband in Germany

March 09

Leila couldn’t see the Turkish army snipers through the darkness late Sunday night, but when she heard warning shots, she knew it was time to run. She grabbed her two sons, ...

Fires blaze through prized Latakia forestland, trees ‘reduced to charcoal’

March 02

When Abu Raed smelled smoke in the air on Wednesday morning, he immediately thought back to last November, when forest fires blazed through his village in the low-lying mountains ...

A family divided by war leaves an elderly woman alone, ‘too ashamed’ to ask for help

February 13

When Umm Rahef, 71, remembers her late husband Hani, she remembers the good days: her childhood neighborhood in the coastal city of Latakia where they first met, the peaceful year...

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Hours after rebels reportedly shoot down chopper, airstrikes pummel nearby city

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Amidst dropping temperatures, Latakia’s internally displaced ‘suffering greatly’

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