A Mother Bereaved in Mouaddamiyya
Um Nasser is just one of the innumerable women in Syria struck down by tragedy. The 74-year-old widow, from the town of Mouaddamiyya outside...
Social Media Monitor 5 11 2012
Loyalist TV star killed Social media users were preoccupied on Monday morning by news of the killing of actor Mohammad Rafei, who starred in...
Social Media Monitor 22-10-2012
Bab Touma Bombing An explosion struck the Christian-majority quarter of Bab Touma in old Damascus city center on Sunday October 20, 2012, killing at...
Social Media Monitor 01-10-2012
Aleppo Souks turn to ashes The most widely circulated news about the fighting in Aleppo last week concerned the fire that destroyed parts of...
Kidnap and Robbery Take Sectarian Turn in Homs
Alia Ahmed Just from walking around Homs, you can tell that the city is disunited. This is where the civil war broke out, even...
Social Media Monitor 30-10-2012
A failed truce After holding numerous talks with United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, both the Syrian regime and opposition announced their commitment to a...
Social Media Monitor 15-10-2012
Historical sites under threat Clashes between Syrian regime and opposition forces in Aleppo have not been limited to residential areas, as fighting extended to...
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...
Social Media Monitor 12-11-2012
A unified opposition? Syrian opposition factions reached an agreement on the formation of a unified national coalition, after long meetings in Qatar’s Capital, Doha....
Syrian Field Hospitals Struggle to Treat Wounded
Raafat al-Ghanem At a March 2011 demonstration in the town of Muaddamiyya outside Damascus, a participant had fallen behind the rest of the crowd...
Messyaf: Caught Between Regime and Opposition
Maamarji In the past few months, security checkpoints have proliferated on the roads between villages surrounding the city of Messyaf, in the western Hama...
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...
Aleppo’s Kidnapping Trade
Rasha Rami In Aleppo, hardly a day goes by without a kidnapping taking place, targeting victims from various faith groups and different political affiliations....
Aleppo’s Female Activists Struggle to Overcome Prejudice
Rasha Rami Since protests began in Syria in March 2011, female activists have played a significant role, both by taking part in demonstrations in...
Social Media Monitor 08-10-2012
Assad’s hometown rebels against him A demonstration in Kfar Nubbul in the province of Idlib. “Qirdaha, we’ll be with you till death.” – YouTube....
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...
