LATEST FROM Suwayda
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....
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November 28
A man sells fish in Daraa city in October. Photo by Mohamad Abazeed/AFP.
AMMAN: Ahmad* spends his days sitting in a home without windows, which were bombed out during the Syrian ...
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Suwayda protesters demand answers after kidnapping negotiations collapse, second IS captive executed
October 04
Protesters blocked streets in Suwayda city on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Suwayda 24.
AMMAN: Protests in Syria’s southern government-held Suwayda province continued for a ...
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August 12
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...
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August 01
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...
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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) ...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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AMMAN: US-backed rebel militias in Syria’s remote, southeastern desert region have withdrawn from their positions and are retreating to an American military zone along the S...
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