Civil Society Flourishes in Qamishli
Youssef Shaikho Every day, the activists from an organization called Shawishka meet in a small apartment in one of the neighbourhoods of Qamishli, a...
Does Syria’s armed opposition have room for non-Islamists?
*Editor’s Note: Syrian government military forces have recaptured the village referred to in this story. The interviewees requested that The Damascus Bureau not publish...
Social Media Monitor: Explosions in Damascus Continue
A huge explosion shook Damascus on Monday, April 8, killing 15 people and injuring dozens. The blast tore through the Sabe’ Bahrat Square near...
Social Media Monitor: Damascus University under Fire
Attacks by mortar shells have become an almost daily event in Damascus. On Thursday, March 28, mortars hit the Faculty of Architecture building at...
Shabiha Women or Spoils of War? Alawite Women Face Grim Choice
*Mariam Abdullah Editor’s note: The editorial team has used only the first names of some of the interviewees for their own safety. Rudaina is...
Aleppo City and Province Councils Lack Women Representatives
*Lina al-Hakim Editor’s Note: All names in this article have been changed or are pseudonyms to protect the individuals’ identities. The local transitional governing...
The Horrors of the Holding Cell of Death
The Syrian security establishment’s detention centres are notorious. I have read stories about them written by former detainees imprisoned before the start of the...
Revenge or Reform: What Will Become of Syria’s Feared Security Agencies?
During the past two years, thousands of Syrians have seen the inside of the Syrian government’s torture chambers and secret holding cells. Due to...
Islamic and Civil Courts: A Divided Legal System in Opposition-Held North Syria
Rasha Tabshi Editor’s Note: All names in this article have been changed or are pseudonyms to protect the individuals’ identities. Abu Steif, a tobacco...
Social Media Monitor: The Minaret of Al Omari Mosque Destroyed
The minaret of Al Omari Mosque in the city of Deraa, one of Syria’s oldest mosques, was destroyed by shellfire on Friday, April 12....
Online Radio Stations: A New Experience of the Syrian Media
The last two years have witnessed the emergence of new media tools that have accompanied the Syrian revolution. These new tools have relied on...
Social Media Monitor: An American Citizen Elected Interim Prime Minister
After several delays, members of the opposition National Coalition managed to elect an interim prime minister on Tuesday, March 19. The elected official Ghassan...
Social Media Monitor: A massacre near Damascus
Social Media Monitor: A massacre near Damascus There were several conflicting reports about the death toll resulting from the military operation launched by Syrian...
Syrian Children Pay the Price of War
Six-year-old Tasneem Jum’a didn’t know that the last time she would see her parents and seven of her eight siblings would be on January...
Forcibly Disappeared in Homs: A Wound that Won’t Heal
Editor’s Note: The people interviewed for this story asked that their last names not be printed for their own protection. Rahif Ghanem 22-year-old Nizar...
Latakia’s Tourism Sector Devastated by War
Raheel Ibrahim Anyone who visited the city of Latakia before the start of the crisis in Syria would remember how full it was on...
