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Mohammed al-Khatieb is a regular contributor Syria Deeply, based in Aleppo.
Follow via RSSAbove ground, rebels are exposed to Bashar al-Assad’s superior military power. But they say they are safe in tunnels and can travel through them freely, without fear of regime bombs and snipers.
ALEPPO – It has been three months since the Syrian government launched its offensive on this city’s opposition neighborhoods using barrels packed with explosives.
ALEPPO – While negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition inch forward in Geneva, little has changed for civilians on the ground.
ALEPPO — Since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011, activists have taken to Facebook to vote on a nickname for each weekly protest. Themes typically poked fun at the Assad regime, but now, the activists have a new enemy.
The small town of Moadamiyeh, located west of Damascus, has been under siege for almost a year.
ALEPPO — Wintery cold and record snowfall have threatened the lives of Syrians living in unheated homes in Aleppo.
ALEPPO — With the emergence of opposition-held districts and territories held by the Free Syrian Army, newly “liberated” zones became a shelter for media activists and journalists — a place where they could work freely, away from Syrian intelligence.
ALEPPO — It is nearly impossible to find a picture without him smiling in it. Now Abdelqader Saleh, Tawheed Brigade commander, is gone.
ALEPPO — Doctors in the country warn that the current polio vaccine campaign, triggered by the discovery of cases in Aleppo province, is still not reaching children in opposition-controlled areas here.
ALEPPO—On the border between Syria and Turkey, dozens of Syrians wait for the right moment to cross through one of the illegal passageways. They navigate their way through rough terrain and hop through barbed wire, careful to move stealthily and avoid being caught.
As the Syrian regime watches the West debate a military strike, the detainees of Aleppo Central Prison languish in dark cells, unsure if and when they will see the light of day.
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