Good Earnings from Small Projects
Abu Ahmed was forced to have both legs amputated after he was injured in a bombing. The 50-year-old was left unable to work and...
Reviving a Delicious Tradition
Residents of the city of Kafr Nubbal are reviving the tradition of baking flatbread in traditional clay ovens. The dire security situation has led...
Waiting for Our Reunion
My city of Kafr Nabl was liberated on August 10, 2012, but at a heavy cost. More than 125 people were killed and the...
Kafr Nabel’s Slogans of Protest
Slogans spray-painted on walls have long been a form of political protest in Syria. In Kafr Nubbal, such political graffiti has shifted from criticism...
Helping Children with Special Needs in Idlib’s Countryside
Children with special needs living in Idlib’s countryside can now access therapeutic support from two centres run by UOSSM International. One project in the...
Combating the Scourge of Child Soldiers
Activists in Idlib have launched a campaign to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers in the Syrian civil war. Locals say that the...
The Bitter Taste of Victory
The battle to liberate my city of Kafr Nubbal began on August 6, 2012, the day after I began my studies at Idlib University’s...
Damascus Bureau Rebranding
Welcome to Syria Stories, a new and improved version of Damascus Bureau. The name has changed. The layout has changed. But the content and...
Women Losing Their Hard-Won Freedoms
Safaa was just 15 when she took her own life. Married off against her will, the girl poisoned herself eight months after her wedding....
Darkness and Tyranny in Kafr Nabl
In March 2011, a few days after demonstrations began in Daraa governorate, my own city of Kafr Nabl started witnessing its own protests calling...
A Loving Home for Idlib’s Orphans
Hundreds of orphans in Idlib are being given a new start in life at a care home set up by the Ruhama Baynahum aid...
Between Islamic State and the Regime
It was three o’clock in the morning on April 29, 2015. This would be my penultimate trip to regime-controlled Aleppo before I left Syria...
Defying War in Idlib’s Southern Countryside
Despite the ongoing conflict, Syrians were intent on celebrating the holy month of Ramadan this summer. Marking the festive occasion was not always easy....
A Personal Grievance Against the Regime
I announced my support for the revolution from the first day it started. Back then, a lot of people were still confused and in...
Lessons of Tragedy
I had become used to the bouquets of flowers Hasan honoured me with every time he attended my classes. Hasan, that well-mannered, cheerful boy....
A Difficult Birth
My name is Farah. I am a 25 year-old wife and mother-of-two. I used to live in the capital Damascus before the outbreak of...
