Perspective: Of pro-regime marches and freedom demonstrations: Two decades of reshaping a Syrian human being
On the twelfth anniversary of the Syrian revolution, our reporter Walid Al Nofal reflects on his personal experience.
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03, 2023
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02, 2023
4th Division redeploys in Syria’s south in the wake of the US Captagon Act and Arab normalization
More than a year after withdrawing from southern Syria, the Syrian army’s 4th Division is returning. Analysts see it as a money-making move and a way to control the drug trade, coinciding with the US Captagon Act and regional Arab initiatives to resolve the crisis.
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01, 2023
Fuel crisis in regime areas pushes Syrians to the brink, paralyzes public sector
Regime-controlled parts of Syria are in the grips of the worst fuel crisis since 2011, driving up costs of heating, goods and services, and paralyzing parts of the public sector
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11, 2022
Former opposition and military security-linked groups battle ‘IS cells’ in Daraa
Clashes continued in Daraa city for a fourth day on Thursday between groups accused of belonging to the Islamic State and armed former opposition groups, alongside the military security-affiliated 8th Brigade led by Ahmed al-Awda.
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09, 2022
Daraa negotiating committees gutted by assassinations, departures
By targeting top civilian and military leaders who were the cornerstones of local negotiating committees through a series of assassinations, Damascus has successfully marginalized Daraa’s bargaining power.
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07, 2022
Military escalation in western Daraa countryside averted, for now: Is Tafas following in Daraa al-Balad’s footsteps?
Following military escalation in the western Daraa countryside this week, a preliminary ceasefire agreement was reached between Tafas city negotiators and the regime for “wanted individuals” to leave the city.
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07, 2022
Who is assassinating suspected drug traffickers in southern Syria?
In southern Syria, at least 11 people accused of ties to the drug trade were assassinated over the past three months, in what one former opposition commander called a “local, covert military action against drug traffickers and dealers.”
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06, 2022
Southern Syria’s drug war: Jordan’s options ‘limited’ as Iran expands
Jordanian officials have termed their response to increased drug smuggling across Syria’s southern border a “war on drugs.” But the country’s options to address the roots of the problem are limited.
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12, 2021
Months into new Daraa settlement, assassinations continue unabated
Amid continuing assassinations in Daraa province and the convergence of some parties’ interests against others, the pattern of assassinations remains the same, supporting the idea that the perpetrators, too, remain the same.
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06, 2021
Daraa al-Balad: Renewed escalation? (28/6/2021)
Earthen berm and military checkpoints blocked Daraa al-Balad after the refusal of the local factions and the negotiating committee to hand over the light weapons in it