Hamida, 36, lost her nephew in an explosion in the Kazzaz district, and a cousin in another blast in Jaramana in the suburbs of Damascus. She was later forced to flee her home in the Hussayniyyah district outside Damascus, when her home was damaged in fighting. What Hamida wants above all else is accountability for the deaths of her nephew […]

Rasha Rami Anyone approaching the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing between Turkey and Syria is reminded of times past when trade between the two countries was thriving.

Youssef Kanaan Like any country racked by chaos and civil war, Syria today is the scene of various forms of human rights violations, including forced disappearances. These kidnappings are nothing new – thousands of Syrians have disappeared over the years, especially in the early nineteen-eighties during the bloody conflict between the Baath regime and the Muslim Brotherhood. Today, more and more Syrians are disappearing, and the regime is […]

  Syrian opposition supporters seemed particularly preoccupied by the debate about the Syrian regime’s intentions to use chemical weapons. Activist Faeik al-Meer wondered whether the regime would go as far using these weapons, especially since toxic gases could reach loyalist areas.

The third online talk of the series of online lectures of ‘From Activist to Activist’ presented journalist and documentary filmmaker Amer Mattar. Mattar talked about the media in Syria and how it is being used during the revolution. You can watch the full video below.

Syrian writer and human rights activist Hanadi Zahlout discussed in the second online talk of ‘From Activist to Activist”, the role of women in the Syrian revolution. You can watch the full lecture in the following video.

Activist Rami Nakhle discussed in an online lecture the danger of sectarianism in Syria and how to counter it. You can watch the full lecture in the following video.

Car bombs return Footage of the explosion in Homs - Youtube Last week saw two devastating bombings take place in Syria. A bombing targeted President’s Square in the town of Jaramana outside Damascus and another a crowded street in Al-Hamra district in central Homs. The latter was the first of its kind in Homs since the start of the turmoil […]

Rasha Rami I spent 17 hours with my family at the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing, but it felt like a lifetime. After crossing legally into Turkey, our three-month visa had ended, and so we were forced to return to the crossing in order to renew our papers. But according to a new Turkish law, no one is allowed to renew […]

Sadiq’s face betrays no emotion as he watches the footage of bodies being played on the satellite channel Al-Arabiya. He is silent at first, and when he does speak he repeats the same thing he always tells his friends with whom he goes out to film protests, funeral processions and the devastation left by the shelling of southern Damascus. “If […]