The Damascus Bureau

Real news and stories from Syria

“It’s simply an announcement of certain death.”

By Razan Zeitouneh It is not easy to talk to an activist from Homs about his city; as you are talking, you find yourself alternating between laughter and tears without even realising it. What could one possibly ask about a city that has lost more than 1,200 martyrs since the start of the revolution? Despite [...]

Memoirs of the Revolution: Dael

Smashing the idols of the regime By Razan Zeitouneh My friend Adel recounted his memories with precision, joy, fear and anxiety at the same time. I have forgotten most of the details, blurred by the constant flow of martyrs, detainees and the endless daily pain. But Adel, from beautiful Dael, did not forget any detail, [...]

Mobile Hospitals save protesters from killer squads

Injured protestors seek treatment in clandestine clinics out of sigh of authorities. Mohammad did not expect to survive the shooting by Syrian security forces at the protest he took part in – surprised that anyone survived the after blood seemed to fill every corner of this Damascus suburb. Mohammad, barely 20 years old, looked so [...]

Starvation strategy? Daraa under siege

Pictures from Nawa in Dara which has been under siege by the military and security forces for 5 days now. Human rights activists report that eeople are running out of food and water and don´t have milk for their children.

Syrian activists set up news services on Facebook

SMN No. 17, April 26, 2011 Two new Facebook pages provide news updates in English about the Syrian uprising.The page “Monitoring Protests in Syria” defines itself as “an online page for monitoring human rights violations during the protests in Syria”, and connects itself to the page of the American organization “Human Rights Watch”. [...]

Through my eyes: From Douma to Damascus

A video by the Arab production company Kharabeesh (Arabic for Scribbles) making fun of the Syrian Parliament’s performance during Assad’s speech Activist tells of Friday protest which galvanized 100,000 demonstrators A month after the Syrian revolution began, there were still doubts about people’s desire to demonstrate again the following Friday. Those doubts didn’t come out [...]

Syrian Private Websites are Far From Independent

Analysis: New media in Syria remains in thrall to the regime By Shahine Mroue The apple of Syria’s private news media has not fallen very far from the state-controlled tree. A tangle of propaganda has always prevented professional media from serving the public, as well as the journalists themselves. The best examples of this among [...]

The “gift” of Citizenship is not enough

Analysis: Why the Kurds won´t be appeased by Decree No. 49 By Massoud Akko It was a clear and quick message: tens of thousands of Kurds marched, in several Syrian cities, to tell the Syrian regime that the Kurds are for reform and freedom and not only demanding citizenship. That message came out only hours [...]

Syrian Revolution Digest, April 17, 2011

Wide-spread protests across the country seem to indicate that the protests are growing, despite the violence used to crack them down. Homs There were demonstrations in different parts of the city as well as in surrounding towns, including Rastan and Talbiseh. Earlier reports of bombardment using tanks and artillery could not be confirmed, but tanks [...]

Syrian Revolution Digest, April 16, 2011

Saturday marked another tragic day in the history of the Syrian Revolution as a child protester in Homs was killed by bullets of security officers, and the whole scene was captured on camera. He was one of two confirmed fatalities from Homs. Security crackdown was also reported in Rastan, where a status of hafiz Al-Assad [...]

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