Idlib’s Child Protection Network
Bilal, 14, chose to run away from home rather than continue suffering the daily beatings at the hands of his father. As well as...
Children Painting Dreams
Children naturally try to adapt and cope when they witness violence. In the besieged Syrian province of Idlib, some have found a way to...
Empowering Women Politically
A women’s peace workshop held in the Idlib town of Ihsim has defied conservative local attitudes to promote female political empowerment. The event was...
Power Supplies Boosted in Idlib
After more than six years of power outages, electricity produced in regime-controlled plants has returned to the liberated areas following an agreement between opposition...
Helping the Displaced in Saraqeb
When Ali al-Homsi, 30, sought refuge in Saraqeb city, he had no idea of the bureaucratic problems life as a displaced person would bring....
What if Idlib falls?
A few kilometers away from the frontline battle in South Eastern Rif Idlib, entire areas are lost as Baath party forces and their allies...
Kafr Nabl’s New Driving School for Women
A new driving school for women in Kafr Nabl is defying social prejudice to teach much-needed skills in the liberated areas. The Mazaya women’s...
A Brush With Death
My husband got a job with the government electricity company on January 27, 2011. He received a fairly low salary, but we managed. Then...
Locals Fear IS May Infiltrate Idlib
When Sahar al-Hassan first rented her ground floor house in Maarat an-Numan to a group of widows, she felt confident they were simply refugees...
Kidneys for Sale in Northern Syria
Adverts offering human kidneys for sale have begun to appear among online listings for mobile phones and second-hand cars on social media pages in...
Syrians Turn to Online Learning
Adult education is going online as a way to overcome the difficulties of studying amid the Syrian conflict, with finance, education and e-commerce courses...
Displaced People Rebuild Their Camp
Residents have been have been slowly rebuilding after a series of regime airstrikes hit several internally displaced people (IDP) camps on the Syrian-Turkish border....
Empowering Women Farmers in Rif Idlib
Um Mohammad, 40, was delighted when she was accepted on to the Means of Living project to help support her with the family’s olive...
Syrian Kids are Taking Up Smoking
Wissam, 12, lights a cigarette and smokes it with obvious enjoyment, despite his hacking cough. His 37-year-old mother Manar says she has repeatedly tried...
The Syrian Women Saving Lives
It was no easy matter for Abeer, 31, to pursue her ambition to wear the uniform of a Syrian civil defence worker. Not only...
How a Tent Became a School
Ten-year-old Manar has been living in a tent for the last two years, after she was displaced with her family from their home in...
