Reports

Syria’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected by April, but fair access is not guaranteed

January 14

Syrian “essential” workers hope for citizenship after serving on France’s COVID-19 frontlines

January 12

French-Arab bank pays millions in penalty after violating US sanctions against Assad regime

January 10

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November 12

The unexpected journey of Syrian refugees in French Guiana

October 28

Syria is the deadliest place for aid workers, and there is little hope for chan...

October 27

The agony of refugees at risk of being returned to Syria: “Between death and go...

October 25

Can the Autonomous Administration solve its tribal problem in northeast Syria?

Like being in Assad’s prisons: Female survivors recall their ordeals in HTS cells

January 07

AMMAN — After almost three months in detention by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), media activist and humanitarian worker Nour al-Shalo was released on Monday. However, the discourse a...

By targeting a Russian base in Raqqa, Hurras al-Din sends a multifaceted message

January 06

AMMAN- In a precedent, a car bomb on Thursday targeted the Russian military base in the village of Tal al-Samen, in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-controlled territory in east...

Syria’s 2020 in a nutshell, and what to expect for 2021?

December 28

Syrian children wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, sit at a makeshift school set up by locals in the village of Ma'arinin the opposition-controlled northern countryside ...

In al-Rukban camp, humanitarian inaction opens avenues for aid diversion

December 22

AMMAN - It should have been a success story: at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a “Pharmacy of Hope” providing free medicine in one of the world’s most inaccessible displacem...

As winter sets in, HTS faces popular discontent around fuel prices

December 20

AMMAN- Two new gas and fuel companies emerged recently in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-controlled areas in northwest Syria. Kaf Trading was founded in late 2019 but opened its first...

Aleppo’s industry under Assad: A model for the ‘reconstruction of corruption’

December 17

AMMAN- During his visit to a fair for businesses from Aleppo held at the Takkiyeh Sulaymaniyah in Damascus last month, Bashar al-Assad lavished praise on the ability of the Syrian...

The “invisible recyclers”: Syrian refugees seek a living in Jordan’s informal waste sector

December 14

In Jordan, 6,000 to 7,000 people work informally in waste recovery and recycling. Despite economic hardship and social stigma, this work brings an income to many of Jordan’s most...

From bombing bakeries to building them: Bread instrumentalized by the Assad regime

December 08

Those responsible for the Halfaya bakery’s destruction are also those who claim fame for its reconstruction: the Assad regime and its allies. The Halfaya bakery’s story echoes man...

Why do Arsal refugee camps flood every year?

December 07

The rocky geography of Arsal complicates anti-flooding strategies, but the harrowing conditions in refugee camps are not the result of a natural disaster but rather a policy produ...