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Nov 22,2020

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LATEST FROM Outer Damascus

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

February 21

For around five years, Judi Arash lived under siege in a bombed-out, encircled rebel-held area of northern Homs that, at one point, was restricted to just three square kilometers....

‘Waiting for a place in the gas line’: Residents of government-held Syria voice discontent over fuel, electricity shortages

January 30

Gas cylinders are distributed in the Sarouja neighborhood of Damascus last week. Photo courtesy of SANA. AMMAN: In one video, a man marries a gas cylinder dressed in a white wedd...

Life after reconciliation: East Ghoutans who stayed behind grapple with delayed settlement papers, disappearances

January 24

A man rides a motorcycle in an East Ghouta neighborhood on October 8, 2018. AMMAN: Last month, Fawaz al-Muhammad’s 65-year-old father-in-law showed up unexpectedly ...

With return of ‘kingdom of silence,’ journalists contending with checkpoints, secret police in government-held Syria report from the shadows

December 10

Damascus in November. Photo courtesy of Lens Young Dimashqi. It was the noises that would haunt Alaa* the most. As she went about life in her government-held neighborhood of cent...

‘A new Syria’: Law 10 reconstruction projects to commence in Damascus, backed by arsenal of demolition, expropriation legislation

November 19

The guns went silent in Damascus months ago, when the last remaining suburbs outside government control were violently retaken in East Ghouta and then South Damascus earlier this ...

Displaced Yarmouk residents doubtful of return home despite fresh government assurances: ‘Where will people return to?’

November 08

A man walks down a Yarmouk street in May. Photo courtesy of Lens Young Dimashqi. AMMAN: Former residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp are skeptical of an imminent retu...

Prosecutors issue arrest warrants for Ali Mamlouk, other high-ranking Syrian officials over ‘crimes against humanity’

November 06

A Damascus street in July. Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP. AMMAN: French prosecutors issued international arrest warrants for three prominent Syrian officials charged with coll...

‘The beginning, not the end’: What are the prospects of return for Syria’s internally displaced?

September 25

Syrians flee their homes in Idlib on September 6. Photo by Aaref Watad/AFP. As the Syrian government gradually reasserts control over the majority of the country, officials have ...

‘Nothing is as it should be’: Residents in East Ghouta struggle under broken economy six months into government rule

September 20

Al-Jalaa Street, site of Douma’s largest market, in December 2014. Photo courtesy of Khaled Oyion. AMMAN: Numan Abu Rateb doesn’t like to speak about life under siege...

After displacement to the north, Syrians from East Ghouta navigate fragmented opposition administration

September 05

A Turkish government official visits al-Bab Local Council in February. Photo courtesy of al-Bab Local Council. AMMAN: Displaced from East Ghouta earlier this year, and with a new...

PHOTO BRIEFS

Photo Essay: Inside besieged East Ghouta’s last cancer center

Photo Essay: ‘East Ghouta is dying slowly as the world watches’

‘A stab in the back': New wave of rebel infighting in East Ghouta amidst siege, bombardment

Heavy rains cause dam to flood Outer Damascus city, residents evacuated

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