Suwayda

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

Feb. 21, 2019

AMMAN: 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. As a respite, she threw herself into her job as a journalist, choosing to report on the conflict unfolding around her. “It was a way for me to express myself, or maybe just to do something,” she t...

The other side of the border: In southern Syria, promise of Naseeb border rings hollow for civilians mired by rising prices

Nov. 28, 2018

Suwayda protesters demand answers after kidnapping negotiations collapse, second IS captive executed

Oct. 4, 2018

Striking from the desert: Arms expert on how the Islamic State, in retreat, fuels its war effort

Aug. 12, 2018

The Islamic State is now scattered across the deserts of Syria and Iraq. Driven back on all fronts, almost all of the territories the hardline group controlled at its height in 20...

One week since deadly attack, latest evacuations of Islamic State fighters leave Suwayda residents ‘paralyzed by fear’

Aug. 1, 2018

Residents chant anti-Islamic State slogans in Suwayda city on Wednesday. Photo by local activists. AMMAN: Syrian government buses evacuated hundreds of Islamic State militants fo...

At least 150 people killed in devastating IS ground offensive, suicide attacks on Suwayda province

Jul. 25, 2018

The site of one of the explosions in Suwayda city on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of SANA. AMMAN: A ground offensive and series of suicide attacks claimed by the Islamic State (IS) ...

Household items ‘looted from Daraa’ for sale in Suwayda streets, sparking local outcry

Jul. 4, 2018

AMMAN: In the wake of government advances against opposition fighters in Syria’s southwest Daraa province, household furnishings reportedly looted from captured towns are be...

Advancing Damascus-led forces bisect eastern Daraa countryside in battle for Syria’s southwest

Jun. 26, 2018

AMMAN: Pro-government forces vying to recapture southwestern Syria from opposition fighters made their first significant advances there on Tuesday morning, capturing a key rebel t...

Three women shaping the future of Syria by taking part in the workforce

Apr. 26, 2018

Syria’s women are increasingly taking on the role of primary breadwinner in their families as husbands and fathers are killed, injured or detained. For many of these women, ...

US-backed rebels withdraw from eastern desert with no clear mission ahead

Oct. 12, 2017

AMMAN: US-backed rebel militias in Syria’s remote, southeastern desert region have withdrawn from their positions and are retreating to an American military zone along the S...

‘We’re staying out of it’: Syrian Arab Army soldiers in Suwayda defy military command

Oct. 3, 2017

After serving for three years in the Syrian Arab Army, from 2012 to 2015, Abu Sari was ready to go home. The 24-year-old soldier from Syria’s south had fought along the fro...

Lack of services and staff shortages hit Suwayda countryside schools

Oct. 2, 2017

Last winter, a student at the school in Suwayda where Faed Abdullah is the principal brought a canister of diesel with him to class. It was too cold for him to focus, he said...

Joshua Landis: Syria on track ‘to go back to what we had before’

Sep. 28, 2017

Western media outlets are increasingly adopting a shared narrative on Syria: the end of the war may be years away, but the outcome is clear. The Islamic State will be defeated. Ba...