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Feb 21,2019

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

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

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

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

LATEST FROM Suwayda

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

July 25

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

July 04

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

June 26

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

April 26

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

October 12

AMMAN: US-backed rebel militias in Syria’s remote, southeastern desert region have withdrawn from their positions and are retreating to an American military zone along the S...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

October 03

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

October 02

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’

September 28

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...

Suwayda residents, citing weak government authority, turn anew to tribal laws to resolve civil, criminal matters

September 27

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...

Behind the story: Meet the journalists who risk the wrath of all sides to cover Syria’s south

September 27

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 ...

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