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Sharia Court in Kfar Nabel: Doctrinal Provisions Do Not Receive Support from Armed Opposition

17-03-1413-01-15
Hazzaa Adnan al-Hazzaa (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – In January, diesel merchant Jamal al-Mahmoud, 36, turned to Kfar Nabel’s Sharia court in an effort to...

Kfar Nabel Media Office Continues Work Despite Assassination Attempt on Director

10-03-1413-01-15
Hazzaa Adnan al-Hazzaa (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – Human rights defender and director of the Kfar Nabel media office Raed al-Fares survived an assassination attempt...

Opposition Parties in Damascus Reject Accusations of Supporting the Regime

28-02-1413-01-15
(Damascus, Syria)- Far from the battlefronts and the sounds of combat, there are some members of opposition parties in Syria who say they believe...

Mutual Anxiety between Displaced and Residents in Tartous

04-02-1413-01-15
By Sadeq Abdelrahman NOTE: all names are pseudonyms (Tartous, Syria) – Since the start of the fighting in Syria, tens of thousands of internally...

Kurds Learn Their Mother Language in Qamishli

11-03-1413-01-15
Vyan Mohammad (Qamishli, Syria) – Abdel Majid is an agricultural engineer whose 50 years and grey hair did not prevent him from sitting next...

Unified Aid Bureau Faces Major Challenges in Eastern Ghouta

05-03-1413-01-15
Currently, the region around Damascus known as Eastern Ghouta does not have the infrastructure necessary to provide for a decent living. With no work...

A Day in Aleppo at the Mercy of Explosive Barrels

14-02-1413-01-15
NOTE: This story is based on the personal testimony of the photojournalist Zaid Mohammad. The positions and opinions do not reflect those of the...

Syrians in Jordan Face Hardship Being Assimilated

03-02-1413-01-15
By Milia Eidmouni (Amman, Jordan) – Many Syrians in Jordan insist that they are only temporarily residing here, and they will soon return to...

Rescue Teams in Idlib Province Lack Resources, Equipment

11-03-1413-01-15
Abdallah Kleido (Kfar Nabel and Maarat al-Nu’man, Syria) – In a cave on the opposite side of the valley from the town of Kfar...

Aid Committees in Kfar Nabel Accused of Corruption Due to Supply Scarcity

28-02-1413-01-15
Abdullah Kleido (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – Mazen is a fighter with the Islamic front from the city of Kfar Nabel. Like many others, the...

Aleppans Who Fled Explosive Barrels Sleep in Turkish Border Town Bus Station

14-02-1413-01-15
Aref Haj Youssef NOTE: This story was amended on February 17, 2014. (Kilis, Turkey) – The staggering numbers of refugees in the Turkish city...

Syrian Government Employees Struggle to Make Ends Meet

31-01-1413-01-15
By Salam al-Saadi (Damascus, Syria) – Rami is a member of Syria’s sprawling government bureaucracy who feels stuck in the rut of his government...

Prices Rise in Kfar Nabel after Closure of Bab al-Hawa Crossing

10-03-1413-01-15
Hazzaa Adnan al-Hazzaa (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – From mid-January until the time of this writing, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Turkey and Syria...

A War of Songs between Opposition and Regime Supporters in Syria

28-02-1413-01-15
By Mariam Abdullah* Nohad al-Tawil bid farewell to 2013 by dancing with her family and friends to a song called “Ya Boshama,” which means...

Syrians Resort to Adulterated Products after Price Hikes

13-02-1413-01-15
By Salam al-Saadi (Damascus, Syria) – A few people hover around a stall selling cleaning products in Thawra Street in central Damascus. A man...

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Resort to Unofficial Marriages

31-01-1413-01-15
Malath al-Zoubi (Beirut, Lebanon) – Maher, 25, sits next to his 22-year-old fiancée, Nour, in a small room in a home in the Shatila...

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