Raqqa pupils and teachers prepare for new school year after ‘pitch-black darkness’ of IS rule
Raqqa teachers attend a July workshop. Photo courtesy of Raqqa Civil Council Education Committee.
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Hardline groups within Idlib buffer zone defy withdrawal deadline as rebels, government exchange fire
NLF fighters in rural southern Aleppo on Sunday. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP.
AMMAN: Hardline mil...
Dozens of bodies remain buried beneath rubble of Yarmouk camp, as long road to reconstruction looms ahead
A Syrian Army soldier waves the government flag in Yarmouk camp on May 22. Louai Beshara/AFP.
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‘Unprecedented’ drug use in Raqqa as city recovers from IS rule, say residents
A sign warns against drug use in Raqqa on August 4. Photo courtesy of the Raqqa Municipality.
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‘Where am I supposed to go?’ Despite growing talk of returns, Syrian refugees in Zaatari still fear risks of heading home
A Syrian in Zaatari Camp last week. Photo by Walid a-Nofal.
ZAATARI: In a dusty metal caravan insi...
As government launches wave of arrests in Daraa, dozens of stranded journalists fear for their fates
Russian military police in the Daraa town of Tafas on July 11. Photo courtesy of Daraa Now.
AMMAN:...
Raqqa sees gradual return of civil society amid widespread destruction, political uncertainty
A Raqqa resident sifts through debris in Raqqa city in March. Photo courtesy of a local aid worker
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East Ghouta families mired in unrecognized births, marriages after years under opposition rule
A street in Douma on July 26. Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP
AMMAN: Under siege in East Ghouta last ye...
One week since deadly attack, latest evacuations of Islamic State fighters leave Suwayda residents ‘paralyzed by fear’
Residents chant anti-Islamic State slogans in Suwayda city on Wednesday. Photo by local activists.
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With dark humor and codewords, East Ghoutans unlearn ‘vocabulary of the revolution’ as Assad reasserts control
Women walk beneath a Syrian government flag in Douma in April. Photo by AFP.
AMMAN: When Sam...
Update: Syrian government recaptures border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Islamic State collapses, evacuates southwest
Government buses in Quneitra province on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Suqoor al-Quneitra.
AMMAN: Syr...
