Daraa caught between Suwayda crisis and Israeli threats
Caught between the Suwayda crisis to the east and Israeli incursions to the west, Daraa grapples with new security, economic and social challenges.
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09, 2025
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08, 2025
As Syrian refugees leave Zaatari, some bring their ‘caravans’ with them
Some Syrians returning from Jordan to Daraa use caravans smuggled out of Zaatari camp as temporary shelters while they work to rebuild their destroyed homes.
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08, 2025
The Return: ‘A Room of My Own’ (Photos)
Thousands of refugees are packing up their lives and returning from Jordan’s Zaatari camp to Syria—a country that some have never known.
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08, 2025
Suwayda between self-administration and division: Are civil initiatives too late?
Suwayda has established a temporary office to run the province independently from the central government, while activists press forward with civil initiatives they hope could ease tensions and pave a path forward.
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01, 2024
‘Ambiguous relationship’: Where does Latakia stand on Suwayda’s movement?
When Suwayda’s protest movement began in August 2023, it met with echoes on the Syrian coast, where “a chorus of individual voices” openly criticized the regime from a region considered Assad’s base. But while Suwayda’s uprising continues, the voice of the coast has waned. Why?
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06, 2022
‘Worse than being on the frontline’: A day at Syria’s makeshift oil refineries (Photos)
Two workers at a makeshift oil refinery in Tarhin speak about their job, the hardships they endure and the dreams they hold for the future.
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05, 2022
Women in northwestern Syria pay the price of donor fatigue
Eleven years on, funding for Syria is stagnating while needs grow. Women are among those most affected by funding gaps in the health sector.
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12, 2021
A sketch of Syria’s 2021 and what to expect in 2022
In the year marking a decade of the Syrian uprising-turned-conflict, regional normalization efforts with Damascus gained steam while the two stalemates in the northeast and the northwest seem to have settled in a fragile stability.
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12, 2021
Constant uprooting: Idlib’s long housing crisis
Families displaced to Idlib struggle to find stability amidst a severe housing shortage and exploitation by landlords and rental offices.
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07, 2021
Authoritarian tendencies mar the AANES’ quest for recognition
Arbitrary arrests targeting journalists and opposition members are on the rise in territories controlled by the SDF, which faces mounting popular dissent and intra-Kurdish tensions.