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) ...
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...
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...
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, ...
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AMMAN: US-backed rebel militias in Syria’s remote, southeastern desert region have withdrawn from their positions and are retreating to an American military zone along the S...
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...
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...
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...
Sep. 27, 2017
AMMAN: Residents of regime-held Suwayda province in Syria’s south are turning to centuries-old tribal practices to combat lawlessness, solve familial disputes and handle mar...
Sep. 27, 2017
All through September, Syria Direct has published a series of interviews and reports on the state of southern Syria, by reporters there, in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer ...
