LATEST FROM Suwayda
June 17
Welcome to the latest installment of the Syria SITREP highlighting key developments in the Syrian Civil War. The SITREP Map is made possible through a partnership between the Inst...
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April 21
AMMAN: When Islamic State fighters captured his east Homs village last May, Mohamed Homsi didn’t hesitate to pack his wife and seven children into the back of a pickup truck...
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April 18
AMMAN: A parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Syria’s independence from France transformed into an anti-regime protest on Sunday, with nearly 200 marchers replacing ...
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March 01
One day after regime soldiers arrested a member of the Sheikhs of Dignity at a checkpoint ostensibly because he was “wanted for military service,” the armed wing of th...
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November 10
Last week the opposition government in FSA-controlled areas of Daraa held the first round of elections for the province’s new representative council, electing six members to...
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October 11
The Sheikhs of Dignity released the “last batch” of detainees on Friday, a pro-opposition journalist and activist in Suwayda told Syria Direct Sunday, tentatively en...
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September 08
In the aftermath of the Friday assassination of its leader, Sheikh Wahid al-Balaus, the Druze Sheikhs of Dignity movement attacked and reportedly took control of a number of ...
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September 03
The Syrian government reportedly cut off internet access to Suwayda province one day after more than a thousand residents demonstrated in the provincial capital in a move that org...
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August 19
Bread prices in Syria vary widely from province to province: In Damascus, a standard 1kg bag of bread costs between SP35-75 ($.20-.40). To the south, in Daraa province, the pric...
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