Reports

Al-Rukban residents farm the desert to stave off the approaching famine

July 15

Syrians, activists participate in global hunger strike to protest military campaign in northwest Syria

July 09

Lower fees ease the financial burden for registering Syrians born in Jordan

July 07

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May 26

Fires, reduced prices disappoint northern Syria’s hopes for record harvest

May 14

On the anniversary of the peace deal in Southern Damascus “there is no amnesty,...

May 06

“Where is there left to go?” Three Clinics are hit in regime strikes in Northwe...

April 10

The politics of return: Refugees, NGOs navigate increasingly fraught climate in...

Civil society in Syria: A hostage of fear, bureaucracy and politics

July 04

“You must be joking. No one can talk, even if [they’re] a foreigner,” was the reaction of a director of a regional aid organization to Syria Direct’s attempts to find sources invo...

“There are no more men”: The women of Latakia defy traditional gender roles

July 04

AMMAN- It’s 1 a.m. and Dalia is driving home after a long day of work. The passing cars illuminate the otherwise dark road but do little to comfort her.

On “World Refugee Day,” Syrians tell their stories through art

July 01

AMMAN- After setting up paintings in “Sakeyat Addarawish,” a café in Weibdeh, a neighborhood in Amman, Mohammad Jokhadar began to play the Oud and sing traditional Syrian songs t...

Thousands of students take primary and secondary school exams in northwest Syria amidst bombing campaign

June 27

AMMAN- Thousands of students sat down to take their final exams last Sunday in the opposition-held area in northwestern Syria following a two-week delay as the Educational Ministr...

No flour left in al-Rukban: Around 70% of the camp’s residents have forcibly left

June 25

Amman- Al-Rukban camp has been without flour for three days, a consequence of Damascus’s tightening siege on it, leaving the 12,000 residents who remain there to rely on smugglers...

Fires consume thousands of hectares of farmland in northeast Syria; No end in sight

June 24

Amman- The fires burning in northeast Syria have entered their second month, consuming more than 40,000 hectares of farmland and claiming several lives in a region heavily depende...

One year after reconciliation, why are southern Syria’s residents paying out of pocket for public services?

June 20

Amman— Residents of one southern Syrian town have taken it upon themselves to provide electricity to their homes, paying out of pocket to set up electrical lines and pooling money...

Explosion hits Kurdish police headquarters in Qamishli

June 18

Amman- A car bomb rocked downtown Qamishli on Monday afternoon, targeting a local Asayish station, the police force of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration, according to loca...

Syrian refugees relocated to “miserable campsite” following dispute with Lebanese Civil Defence

June 16

Amman- In the wake of a violent dispute between Syrian refugees and the Lebanese Civil Defense, the Lebanese government has transferred the population of the “Caritas” Syrian refu...

Civil Defense: More than 200 killed in Idlib during Ramadan

June 13

Amman - The Syrian Civil Defense documented 24 people killed and 35 injured on Monday as a result of the Syrian government’s targeting of northern Hama and southern Idlib province...