Darayya Massacre: Waiting for the Truth
“It’s the least I can do for my country.” That was the last thing my childhood friend Ali said when we spoke by phone...
A Sad Visit to Deir El-Zor
Make money writing online right here with our essay writing service known in USA and abroad Ward al-Assi “Deir El-Zor 10 kilometres.” I was...
Mass Call-up in Suweida
Shadi Azzam More than 6,000 reservists were called up by the Syrian army in the southern province of Suweida in August, according to activists...
Darayya
By Razan Zeitouneh On the afternoon of August 25, I was chatting online with my friend Karim, an activist who lives in a traditional...
Shahba Provides Refuge for Displaced Syrians
Youssef Kanaan Abu Meri’s young son died a year and a half ago, but he still speaks animatedly about him to anyone who...
Eerie Emptiness in Zamalka
Razan Zaitouneh Salma comes home from the town of Zamalka every day feeling angry and gloomy. The young woman was forced to leave with...
Suspected Collaborator Describes Torture
The following article is based on an investigation conducted in Damascus several months ago. By Maamarji Abu Mahmoud took small sips of coffee as...
Torture In Syria Increasingly Brutal
Saeed participated in the earliest of the anti-regime protests in Damascus last year. He was among the first activists to start mobilising city residents...
Social Media Monitor 25-9-2012
“The Battalion of Saddam Hussein” joins Free Syrian Army Free Syrian Army fighters announcing the formation of the Martyr Saddam Hussein Battalion The formation...
Social Media Monitor 18-09-2012
Kafr Owaid and the massacre curse The video contains scenes of dead bodies of civilians after the bombing of the village of Kafr Owaid...
Parks Become Cemeteries in Deir El-Zor
By Nashwan Marzouk The rusty swing looks almost as if it is still moving, even though there is no one nearby. In a far...
Eighteen Seconds
Life in Douma under the bombs By Basem Ameen As usual, the minibus stopped at Al-Jarra checkpoint, one of the many located at the...
God, Turkey and Bashar
Syrian journalist Rasha Rami reports on a demonstration she witnessed on September 1, 2012 in the city of Antioch in Turkey’s Hatay province, on...
In the Presence of Martyrs
Sulaf Zaidan I shall never forget that sentence – “There’s been a massacre in Barza.” A funeral was hit by gunfire that day. I...
Damascus Volcano – Scenes From the Ground
Throughout the night of July 17, the sound of helicopters and their machine-gun fire filled the sky over Harasta, a town ten kilometers from...
Darayya’s Women Step Forward
Razan Zaitouneh Whatever goes on in Darayya, it is always full of colour. That is something we have come to expect from this inimitable...
