Fleeing the Islamic State
The night the Islamic State (IS) decided to invade the city of Hassakah to “cleanse it of infidels” had started out like any other....
Supporting Syria’s Livestock Sector
Abu Jawad had always relied on his income from sheep farming. But as the conflict in Syria took its toll, he was horrified to...
Solidarity with Syria’s Besieged
On January 7, 2016, Shaima donated her family’s entire daily food allowance to the Molham organisation towards aid for the besieged residents of Madaya....
Rebuilding Homes and Lives in Idlib
Residents of Idlib’s southern countryside have been learning practical ways to rebuild lives disrupted by conflict in a series of awareness workshops. The Syria...
Waiting to Die
The terrifying sound of an explosion woke us up on July 21, 2012. It was the first day of Ramadan. Our flat shook as...
Child Labour on the Rise in Opposition Areas
Khalid is 12 years old and works as a shepherd in the village of Kafruma in Idlib’s countryside. “My father is an opposition fighter,...
Syria’s Modern Mud Villages
Displaced from Hama’s countryside, Ahmad al-Sheikh was so desperate to find a new home for his family that he was preparing to buy a...
Bringing Cheaper Food to Families in Hass
A new scheme selling subsidised food is helping ordinary people in the town of Hass in Idlib’s countryside. Beit al-Munna (The Stock House) provides...
Kfar Nabel’s Junior Footballers Strike Out
Jamil al-Saloom developed a passion for football when he was a child, and joined the al-Numan club in 2007 when he was 13 years...
A Devastating Loss
Abdalla and Sahar had been married for ten years when they found out they were expecting twins. The couple felt that their prayers had...
A Long and Dangerous Journey Home
On the final day of my university exams in July 2014, I packed my bags and bid my friends goodbye. It was time to...
The Longing for Home
During the early days of the Syrian revolution, my father refused to allow any of his children to participate in protests or funeral ceremonies....
A Wound that Will Never Heal
With anguish in her eyes and sighing deeply, Asma al-Aahi recalls the first few years of the war in her city of Maarat al-Numan....
Small Investments Reap Big Benefits in Kfar Nabel
Umm Hazem works at a factory processing dried figs in the village of Bsaqla in Idlib’s countryside. The 41 year-old walks to work and...
A Story of Grief, Poverty and Pain
Huda stares at the three photographs hanging on her living-room wall. “The loss has torn my heart apart,” she says to me. Huda’s husband...
Free Homes For Syria’s Displaced
Jamal and his family were left homeless after Russian air strikes targeted his village of Kfar Nabuda in Hama’s western countryside. Their house in...
