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Syrian farmers in Golan Heights fear loss of livelihoods, ‘cultural life’ from Israeli wind farm plans

Apr 04,2019

In occupied Golan Heights, little surprise over Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty: ‘We’re already living ...

Mysterious assassinations, bombings as ‘security breakdown’ mires Daraa’s fragile peace

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

In Daraa, where ‘walls have ears,’ post-reconciliation communities marred by fear, mistrust

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‘Like a big prison’: Months into reconciliation, invisible borders still divide Syria’s southwest

December 12

A child rides his bike past a mural of Bashar and Hafez al-Assad in Daraa city in August. Photo by Andrei Borodulin/AFP. Some nights, it’s the sound of military trucks pass...

‘We don’t even know if he’s alive’: Despite promises of reconciliation, rebels and former opposition figures disappear

November 15

Microbuses in Daraa city on October 2. Photo by Mohamad Abazeed/AFP AMMAN: Early morning, November 7. A dead body lies on the side of a back road somewhere on the outskirts of th...

Civil society, aid organizations withdraw into the shadows as Syrian government reasserts control

November 08

Vehicles of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent enter Daraa on July 26. Photo by Mohamad Abazeed/AFP. AMMAN: When pro-government forces recaptured the southwestern rebel stronghold of D...

Life after reconciliation marred by arrests, broken promises as Syria’s southwest returns to government control

October 16

Daraa city in August 2017. Photo courtesy of Mohamad Abazeed. AMMAN: Abu Mahmoud can leave his home and pass through most of the government-run checkpoints that dot the roadways ...

What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

August 28

Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo in April. Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP. After seven years of war, one image in particular has become a potent symb...

As government launches wave of arrests in Daraa, dozens of stranded journalists fear for their fates

August 07

Russian military police in the Daraa town of Tafas on July 11. Photo courtesy of Daraa Now. AMMAN: Freelance journalist Samira a-Darawwi doesn’t sleep in the same plac...

Update: Syrian government recaptures border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Islamic State collapses, evacuates southwest

July 31

Government buses in Quneitra province on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Suqoor al-Quneitra. AMMAN: Syrian pro-government forces now control the entirety of southwestern Syria for the...

Daraa reconciliation agreements just ‘ink on paper’ for journalists, White Helmets awaiting results of closed-door negotiations

July 26

Members of the Daraa Civil Defense earlier this month. Photo courtesy of Daraa Civil Defense. AMMAN: Hundreds of Syrian Civil Defense members and journalists along the Syrian-Jor...

After international rescue evacuates hundreds of White Helmets and family members, those left behind fear government reprisals

July 23

Civil Defense volunteers run to the site of a bombing in Daraa city on June 25. Photo courtesy of Syria Civil Defense. AMMAN: In an unprecedented international rescue operation e...

Syrian government seizes strategic high ground as ‘battle for mountains,’ reconciliation talks in Daraa province continue

July 18

Atop Tel al-Hara in March 2017. Photo courtesy of Amjad Assaf. AMMAN: Syrian government warplanes launched airstrikes against hardline rebel fighters entrenched on a hilltop over...

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Pictures reportedly place Iranian general in Daraa

Jabhat a-Nusra issues demands using UN peacekeepers as leverage

'Almost complete control' for rebels in southern Quneitra

Rebels purport to show weapons seized after seizing Quneitra hills

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