Bustan Al Qasr Crossing
Dozens of Aleppans risk their lives every day as they commute between the government-controlled and the opposition-controlled parts of the city, taking the only...
The Future of a Generation Hangs in the Balance as War Comes to Damascus
Editor’s Note: All names are pseudonyms At the Nahr Aisha checkpoint at the southern entrance to Damascus, 10-year-old Maher moves along the endless queue...
Dispatch from Unhappy Activists in Damascus: “We Need an Alternative to the National Coalition”
(Note: Many allegations that are made in this article are not backed up. The editors believe that putting these opinions into the public sphere...
Regime supporters and opposition united in rejection of general amnesty
Note: The editorial team has changed the names of the speakers and withheld the identity of the author for their own safety. Since the start...
Bab Al-Hawa Camp Residents Suffer Dire Conditions
A visit that was done in May to the Bab Al-Hawa camp, located near the crossing on the border with Turkey, reveals the terrible...
The Syrian Coast Reacts to Al-Nusra Front’s Alliance with Al-Qaeda
Youssef Kanaan * Editor’s Note: Except for the name of the author, Ayman Suleiman, the rest of the names in this article have been...
Medical Centre in Aleppo Faces Lack of Funding
Lina al-Hakim * (Aleppo, Syria) – The Bustan Al-Qasr centre is a little medical centre with just four beds. It is one of two...
PKK peace negotiations cause concern among Syrian Kurds
Youssef Shaikho With the withdrawal of some Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters to their rear bases in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the peace...
Activists: Arming the Syrian Opposition is a Card in the Hands of the Big Powers
Mariam Abdullah* (Damascus, Syria)- Since Ghayyath Matar was killed on September 6, 2011 after distributing flowers to soldiers, many Syrians who took to the...
Social Media Monitor: Syrians Divided Over Morsi’s Ousting
The ousting of Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi on Wednesday, July 3, caused divisions among Syrians. In an interview with the government-owned daily Al-Thawra, President...
Social Media Monitor: Syrians React to Lebanon Clashes
Clashes erupted on Sunday, June 23 between militants loyal to Salafist preacher Ahmed al-Assir and the Lebanese Army in the city of Sidon in...
War Forces Syrian Women into Workforce
Mariam Abdullah * Editor’s Note: The editorial team has changed the names of some of the speakers for their own safety. (Damascus, Syria) —...
Fear Still Rules Political Expression
Youssef Kanaan * Editor’s Note: With the exception of Dara Abdullah, all sources’ names have been changed at their request. (Damascus, Syria) – More...
“People’s Houses” Step in for Absent State in Qamishli
Bakhtiar Hassan * (Qamishli, Syria) – Mala Gel, which means “People’s House” in Kurdish, is the name for a civil society institution that spread...
Social Media Monitor: Syrian Pound Reaches All Time Low
The Syrian pound dropped to an unprecedented low on Monday, June 17, when the dollar was traded, for the first time, at around 200...
Local Council in Erbeen: A Fighter’s Place is on the Front and Not among Civilians
By Razan Zaitouneh EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles on the new institutions in areas controlled by the Syrian...
