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Meet the young Syrians seeking to create a bridge between Syrian and Turkish culture - and to provide safe haven for their country’s exiled artists.
Syrian opposition sources says rebels are only agreeing to regime-led local cease-fires because the alternative is starvation.
In a pickup truck, walkie-talkie in hand, Abu Nidal patrols his Damascus province city, transporting victims to its only working field hospital.
Marah, a teenage girl living in one of Syria’s besieged cities, shares her stories from life in war. She dreams of getting an education, despite the ongoing violence that has destroyed local schools, and checkpoints that have made the commute to school nearly impossible.
Working in Aleppo province since the start of the conflict, one doctor says the number of injuries increased exponentially after a government barrel bomb offensive began there in December.
With Syrian elections slated for June 3, we survey pro-government, pro-opposition and “third party” voters in the Alawite stronghold.
As Syria’s medical infrastructure implodes, sufferers of chronic illness struggle to find regular treatment. Meet Sana, a young Damascene living with a rare skin disease, and her father, who struggles to provide the care she needs.
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
While food aid begins to flow into the country, many Syrians are heading into the arms of the dictator to get it.
Once a safe haven, the Alawite province’s hotels and restaurants are in the line of fire. Widespread closures are reported, and development has been brought to a standstill.
As the number of European jihadists in Syria grows, officials say the situation could be more dangerous to the West than Afghanistan. We look at why this conflict has proved more exciting to budding extremists.
After a barrel bombing campaign makes transport – and public gatherings – too risky, a young bride is forced to move her wedding to Gaziantep.
There’s a temporary ceasefire in the city, but hospital staff say they and their equipment have been moved to a government-held area. Now they tell us how it’s impacting Jayroud’s residents.
An Assad has not faced a challenger for the presidency since 1970, when Hafez al-Assad seized power. Now, that could change.
On Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will convene privately to consider and view images from a report about the alleged torture and execution of detainees by the Syrian government.
As part of a collaboration between Syria Deeply and Rookie, we’re publishing the memoirs of a teenage girl living in the midst of Syria’s war.
Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp has been under siege by the Syrian army since December 18. Starvation, malnutrition and disease are growing threats.
More than 80% of the almost 600,000 Syrians in Jordan live in urban areas outside of refugee camps. With no sign of the conflict ending, local and international NGOs are trying to help Syrians cope with daily life.
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
Thousands of civilians are thought to be in custody of both Syrian state security and opposition groups. Once a biology student in the Syrian capital, one man, now free and living in Istanbul, takes us through his seven months of detention in centers around the city.
Tens of thousands of refugee babies born during Syria’s crisis are undocumented, without passports, birth certificates, or other documents that will give them access to civil and social benefits.
The battle for the last major rebel-held town in Qalamoun looms after a five-month campaign. A regime victory would afford it uninterrupted control of southwestern Syria.
At 32, a Syrian army deserter from Hama finds himself without a passport, eking out a living as an amateur trader, selling clothes between Turkey and Syria.
We look at why fighting has intensified in the Damascus suburbs, and why it will continue for months.
As joblessness skyrockets, civilians in Damascus province are tackling the problem by spearheading small projects – from ceramic painting to schools to yogurt – which provide employment.
Despite a January conference that raised more than $2.3 billion in pledges, Syria’s international donors are stalling and the U.N. has been forced to reduce the amount of food in its family parcels by 20 percent. Now, a drought is poised to hit some of the country’s hardest-hit areas.
At 28, she finds herself living away from home and without her husband: “My emotions right now just feel up and down, up and down.”.
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
Rebel fighters and the Syrian army continue to fight for control of Observatory 45, a strategic hilltop post in the Alawite heartland. Analysts say the government is confident of victory.
In search of better medical care, an FSA soldier makes a 12-hour journey on foot to the Bekaa valley.
We speak with a fighter from the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), an all-female fighting unit established by the PYD.
As the government moves the remaining half of its chemical weapons cache out of Damascus, Syrian doctors in the field allege small-scale chemical attacks throughout the capital city’s suburbs.
With the National Defense Forces claiming victory in a message posted to Facebook, we look at how much of its home turf the Syrian Army has managed to reclaim since the rebel offensive began Mar. 21.
As power shuts off for days at a time, residents of Aleppo have created their own unofficial energy economy, importing large generators and selling their services.
After a multi-truck delivery from Turkey proved a once-off, our experts discuss how well Syria’s government and opposition have complied with the Security Council’s resolution 2139, which called for swift and unimpressed aid.
As violence unfolds around them in makeshift hospitals near the front lines, Syrian medical staffers are increasingly prone to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mental ailments.
As taxi cabs go unregulated, some civilians say they are spending the majority of their wages getting to work each day. But drivers say fuel hikes and other operating costs necessitate the higher fares.
As the number of displaced children approaches 4.5 million, we look at what their rights are, and where they’re being violated.
As the number of Syrians in Turkey grows, so does prejudice towards the hundreds of thousands many Turks fear are in the country to stay. But in Istanbul, a photo exhibit sought to put a human face on the conflict.
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
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