Artists Hope for Governmental Support
Jean Boland Exhibitions dedicated to showcasing the work of Syrian artists have proliferated since the outbreak of the crisis, from Beirut to Cairo to...
Social Media Monitor: An Arab-Kurdish conflict in Ras Al-Ain?
Violent clashes have been ongoing since Thursday January 17 in the city of Ras Al-Ain in Al-Hassaka province between fighters of the Free Syrian...
Social Media Monitor: An Iranian for 44 Syrians
The recent prisoner swap between the regime and the Free Syrian Army, FSA, left many opposition supporters angry, accusing the regime that it cares...
Syria reborn on Canvas
Jean Boland Two years after the uprising in Syria began, a generation of young artists finds themselves recreating their homeland in their imaginations and...
Social Media Monitor: Who’s behind the Quweiq River massacre?
Aleppo witnessed a horrifying scene on Tuesday, January 29; more than 80 dead bodies of men of different ages were pulled out from...
Yarmouk Caught Between Shelling and Siege
I entered the Yarmouk refugee camp on foot, taking the bridge. I was accompanied by a young Syrian journalist and an aid worker who...
A Sign from Deir El-Zor
Ward al-Assi “Here lies the Deir of Hearts: Angels carry the sorrow of Syria.” This sentence, written on one of many Facebook pages dedicated...
Social Media Monior: An old speech repeated
President Bashar al-Assad made a rare appearance on Sunday, January 6. In the speech he delivered at the Opera House in Damascus, Assad offered...
Social Media Monitor: Salamiyyah Bombing Splits Opposition over Al-Nusra Front
The series of deadly explosions in Syria continues to unfold, as a devastating bombing hit the city of Salamiyyah in the governorate of Hama...
“Citizens” still feel hungry!
Razan Zaitouneh The European Union has recently declared that it will sustain “projects to support Syrians who have been affected by the crisis.” These...
New Police for “Liberated” Areas
“Everybody should have someone like Almani,” said Abu Omar, laughing. Abu Omar, a battalion commander in the Free Syrian Army, FSA, in Eastern Ghouta...
Transitional Justice for Syria
Hamida, 36, lost her nephew in an explosion in the Kazzaz district, and a cousin in another blast in Jaramana in the suburbs of...
Activists Split on Prospective Peace with Israel
Mustafa and Elias, both opposition activists, are arguing loudly in a Damascus café. The source of their argument, which has more or less reached...
Preventing Chaos: Support the Military Councils before it is too late
Razan Zaitouneh At the start of the revolution, one of my friends used to relentlessly repeat that what is happening in Syria is going...
Palestinians in Syria Face Uncertain Future
Alia Ahmed “I lost Palestine as a homeland; I will not lose Syria as well,” says Hiba, 35, a Palestinian living in Syria. Hiba speaks...
Syrian reconstruction, made in Turkey
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...
