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This is the final diary entry of Marah, a teenage girl from one of Syria’s besieged cities, who recently arrived in Switzerland as a refugee, where she is struggling with her first pregnancy and the potential breakup of her family.
After more than five years of war, many areas of Syria have been reduced to rubble. Despite the ongoing conflict, Hisham Dirani, director of Binaa, an engineering and management NGO, discusses how the organization is spearheading rebuilding projects inside the country.
Haid Haid Syrian Researcher
While rumors abound about al-Nusra Front’s desire to create an Islamic emirate in Syria, the al-Qaida affiliate isn’t likely to do so any time soon, argues Syrian analyst Haid Haid.
From underground hospitals to improvised compost to natural power sources, people in Syria’s war-torn neighborhoods have shown a willful and often imaginative resolve to survive against the odds.
Reporting from Syria’s opposition-held areas is dangerous work, according to local journalists on the ground, who say they’ve been censored and intimidated by rebel factions across the country.
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