The Power of a Costly Document

The Power of a Costly Document

Prison is a humiliating place. It cuts a person’s life short. Every single night, I dreamed that my son would be released. Ahmad was gone for a year and eight [...]

Crawling Through Trenches

Crawling Through Trenches

When Eastern Ghouta was liberated, we were overjoyed, yet not a day went by without us worrying. The regime retaliated for the loss of territory in various ways – we [...]

Detained and Abused for Delivering Aid

Detained and Abused for Delivering Aid

Carrying money through the Mleha checkpoint was almost impossible, but I had 1,000 US dollars in aid money that I needed to deliver to the head of the Humanitarian Aid [...]

Aleppo Schoolgirls Receive First Aid Training

Aleppo Schoolgirls Receive First Aid Training

Basic training in emergency care is particularly important in rebel-held areas of Aleppo as qualified medics are few and far between. Female pupils at the Sanabel al-Amal School in Aleppo [...]

A Key to No House

A Key to No House

Samah Imam’s family stood riveted in front of the television, watching a news report about Kurdish forces retaking territory from Islamic State militants in northeast Syria. A week after launching [...]

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Women's Blog

Crawling Through Trenches

July 10, 2015

When Eastern Ghouta was liberated, we were overjoyed, yet not a day went by without us worrying. The regime retaliated for the loss of...

Women's Blog

Detained and Abused for Delivering...

July 8, 2015

Carrying money through the Mleha checkpoint was almost impossible, but I had 1,000 US dollars in aid money that I needed to deliver to...

Photoblog

Aleppo Schoolgirls Receive First Aid...

July 3, 2015

Basic training in emergency care is particularly important in rebel-held areas of Aleppo as qualified medics are few and far between. Female pupils at...

Women's Blog

A Key to No House

June 30, 2015

Samah Imam’s family stood riveted in front of the television, watching a news report about Kurdish forces retaking territory from Islamic State militants in...

Photoblog: A Physiotherapy Centre with Modest Equipment in Deir El-Zor

Sleiman al-Hayess is a physiotherapist who defected from the Syrian Army and returned to his native city of Deir El-Zor a year ago. He has rehabilitated an abandoned physiotherapy centre […]

Detained in Aleppo

Dr Salem Abu al-Nasr was released from prison on January 25 almost three weeks after he was kidnapped by...

Assad’s Election Gets Short Shrift in...

Opposition authorities and residents of the town shun presidential ballot. Issam Abdel Hamid (Salqeen, Syria) – Unlike regime-controlled parts...

Opinions from Opposition-Controlled Town: No to...

(Salqeen, Syria) — After the Geneva 2 talks, Damascus Bureau took to the streets of opposition-controlled Salqeen in Idlib...

Private Generators Provide Temporary Solution to...

The constant power cuts in the towns and cities of Idlib have pushed the citizens toward finding alternative sources...

Snowstorm Freezes Life in Idlib Province

Severe weather brings extra hardship for citizens suffering effects of conflict (Salqeen, Syria) - Snow was once a cause...

Through My Eyes

The Kfar Nabel football team. Photograph from the archive of Mustapha al-Jalal.

Friends Divided By the Syrian Uprising

February 26, 2015

Two men brought together by their passion for football have taken opposing sides in the armed conflict. ...

Politics

The central square in Talmans in Syria's Idlib province. (Photo: Manaf Hashash)

Syrians See Migration to Europe as Only Hope

January 26, 2015

Since the civil war started in 2011, thousands have tried to make the punishing journey but only a few...

Women's Blog

Wreckage of a public bus separates opposition-controlled areas from government-controlled areas in Aleppo. Photo: Salah al-Ashqar

The Power of a Costly Document

July 13, 2015

Prison is a humiliating place. It cuts a person’s life short. Every single night, I dreamed that my son...

Civil Society Monitor

A woman teaches children drawing in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo. (Photo: Baraa al-Halabi)

Confusion Reigns in Kfar Nabel’s School System

June 18, 2015

Sara, 15, sets out every morning for the Sharia Institute for Scientific Excellence in Kafr Nabel. At this school,...