US funding freeze upends global aid, brings Syrian civil society to a standstill
As the Trump administration slashes foreign aid, Syrian civil society is left reeling at a time when it is most needed.
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02, 2025
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12, 2024
Suwayda’s movement endures post-Assad
With Assad gone, Suwayda’s protest movement endures, turning a watchful eye towards the new government in Damascus and planning for the future.
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06, 2024
Daraa communities foot the bill for public education
Facing a teacher shortage and little government support, communities in Daraa are turning to alternative solutions: providing financial bonuses to keep underpaid teachers in classrooms and repairing school buildings themselves.
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03, 2024
Killed, displaced, exiled: Syria’s women’s movement 13 years after revolution
As Syrians mark the 13th anniversary of the March 2011 uprising, activists reflect on the state of the women’s movement after more than a decade of revolution and war. In the face of conflict, displacement and persecution, what remains of it today?
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02, 2024
Renewed talk of US withdrawal rattles Syrians in the northeast
Residents of SDF-controlled northeastern Syria say the US military presence there brings a sense of relative stability, one that any withdrawal—as Washington was recently reported to be considering—would shatter.
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12, 2023
Op-Ed: On HR 75, impunity is a pandemic—the UN should step up
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75, Syrian human rights activist and legal researcher Mansour al-Omari calls on the United Nations to take action against a “pandemic” of impunity, including appointing a Special Rapporteur on Impunity for international crimes.
