Reports

Denmark strips 94 Syrian refugees of their residency permits, deeming Damascus safe for their return

February 25

Three months after the Bsharre incident, over 300 Syrian families are still paying for the crime of one person

February 23

Security-sponsored investment auctions: A new violation of displaced farmers’ property rights in northwestern Syria

February 22

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February 01

‘Al-Hol emirate’: How ISIS turns the prison-like camp into a stronghold

January 28

Still under water: Fix-gap relief isn't enough for Idlib's IDPs facing annual f...

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...

Regime, FSA Trade Chemical Attack Charges

March 20

March 20, 2013 By Ahmed Kwider While opposition sources agree that attacks and casualties occurred both in Otaybah and Khan al-Asal, there was no consensus Wednesday that chemic...

News Analysis: The tale of two speeches

March 20

March 19, 2013 By SAS News staff The Syrian opposition’s two leaders on Tuesday delivered hard-hitting speeches containing at times contradictory statements that both praised an...

Interim leader elected as Syrian opposition figures blast Kerry call for negotiations with regime

March 19

By Nuha Shabaan March 19, 2013 The Syrian opposition conference on Wednesday elected a Syrian-American of Kurdish descent to lead a transitional government to rule liberated are...

Syrian opposition controls most border points with Iraq

March 18

By Ahmed Kwider March 18, 2013 A Kurdish opposition group opened up its own crossing point on the Iraq-Syria border last week, as the regime appeared to be losing its grip along...

Special Report: Latakia’s growing sectarian rift

March 15

March 15, 2013 This week’s special report takes a closer look at the underreported region of Latakia, a province mixed with Alawites and Sunnis, among other minorities. W...

Syria denies forceful conscription, opposition council calls for ‘jihad’ to protect nation

March 13

March 13, 2013 By Nuha Shabaan A broadcaster on state television reads a statement from the government-approved Higher Council of Muftis on Monday The Syrian state media on T...

96,000 wanted Syrians listed by name in leaked document

March 11

March 12, 2013 By Abbas Deiri The opposition Syrian Revolution General Commission on Monday posted what it purports to be a list of more than 96,000 Syrians wanted by the countr...

Exclusive Interview with opposition officer detaining UNDOF in Daraa

March 08

March 8, 2013 Government forces continued to hit Jamla in Dara Province Friday two days after an FSA brigade demanded a halt to the bombardment as condition for releasing UN peac...

Syrians on UNICEF education figures- "real numbers" are worse

March 08

March 9 ,2013 By Nuha Shabaan UNICEF issued preliminary data from its’ survey of Syria’s schools Wednesday finding that “violence is threatening the education of hundreds of tho...

Coalition Wins Syria's Seat in Surprise Arab League Vote

March 07

March 6, 2013 By SAS News Staff Arab foreign ministers voted late Wednesday to grant the opposition Syrian Coalition Damascus’ chair at the Arab League. In an apparent rejecti...