Red Crescent under Fire from Both Sides of the Civil War
By Karam Mansour Note: Names were changed for the safety of the interviewees. (Eastern Ghouta, Syria) – Um Rafeef was relieved after the Red...
Activists in Raqqa under Daily Threat
(Raqqa, Syria) – “Our families and people in Raqqa, please forgive us. We love nothing more than to enter a bit of joy and...
Back to School in Raqqa
By Abdel Karim Jaafar (Raqqa, Syria) – Thirteen-year-old Mahmoud was excited to return to his eighth grade classes in September in the north eastern...
Proliferation of Weapons in Qamishli Leads to Accidental Killings
By Vyan Mohammad (Qamishli, Syria) – In early June, 16-year-old-Ahmad was killed when his five-year-old brother fired their father’s nine millimetre Star handgun. Ahmad...
Tartous: How Did the Uprising of Dark Alleys End?
By Sadeq Abdelrahman (Tartous, Syria) – Tartous is a quiet coastal city that has received thousands of displaced people from different Syrian cities. As...
Syrian Women at Zaatari Refugee Camp Stand up for Themselves
By Milia Eidamouni (Zaatari Camp, Jordan) – The tough circumstances and challenges faced by Syrian women in Zaatari Camp don’t stand in the way...
Relief Organisations Replace Government Bakeries in Kfar Nabel
By Hazzaa al-Adnan (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – In August, in the town of Kfar Nabel, around 50 people gathered one morning in front of...
Injured Syrians Die in Ambulances while en Route to the Turkish Border
By Hazaa al-Adnan (Kfar Nabl, Syria) – In June, a Syrian Army helicopter dropped an explosive barrel on a residential neighborhood in the Syrian...
Syrians Face Shortage of Vital Medications
(Damascus, Syria) – Asaad Ali, 60, who suffers from epilepsy, requires 100 milligrams of the epilepsy drug Phenytoin each day. “The drug is still...
Scarcity and Bribery Raise the Price of Gas: Hama’s “Regime” Gas Becomes “Free” in Kfar Nabel
By Hazzaa al-Adnan (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – Shadia, a young lady from Kfar Nabel who studies law at Aleppo University, says that her father,...
Jaramana Residents Angry at Opposition Rockets
By Raheel Ibrahim* (Jaramana, Syria) – The anger is clear on the face of Motaz, 34, who works as a waiter in a restaurant...
Kfar Nabel’s Schools Re-Open Despite Shelling
By Abdallah Kleido (Kfar Nabl, Syria) – School openings this fall in this town of 30,000 people began with a deep divide between the...
Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: a Cold War in Raqqa
(Raqqa, Syria) – The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has been effectively driven out of Raqqa. Three Salafist groups now dominate the city: the Islamic...
Chicken out of Reach for Damascenes
By Salam al-Saadi (Damascus, Syria) – Abu Nawras faced a difficult decision in June 2013. His chicken farm was not as profitable as it...
The Judicial Sharia Committee: a New Authority in Deir al-Zor
By Ghaith Ahmad (Deir al-Zor, Syria) – The Judicial Sharia Committee in Deir al-Zor was established by Islamist oriented factions of the armed opposition...
Residents of Eastern Ghouta Fear another Chemical Attack
(Hamouriyeh, Eastern Ghouta) – Fear of another chemical attack is still present here in this town of approximately 25,000 people outside Damascus. More than...
