Medical Centre in Aleppo Faces Lack of Funding
Lina al-Hakim * (Aleppo, Syria) – The Bustan Al-Qasr centre is a little medical centre with just four beds. It is one of two...
War Forces Syrian Women into Workforce
Mariam Abdullah * Editor’s Note: The editorial team has changed the names of some of the speakers for their own safety. (Damascus, Syria) —...
Social Media Monitor: Government Forces Seize Qusair
This video was published on Qusair Media Centre’s channel on YouTube on Sunday, June 2, two days before the city was seized by government...
The Educational System in Syria: A Tragic Reality and an Obscure Future
The education system in Syria is in a terrible state. Military engagements, bombardments and airstrikes have displaced millions of Syrians, preventing tens, if not...
Social Media Monitor: Syrians React to Lebanon Clashes
Clashes erupted on Sunday, June 23 between militants loyal to Salafist preacher Ahmed al-Assir and the Lebanese Army in the city of Sidon in...
Aleppans see education as ever more important
Lina al-Hakim* (Aleppo, Syria) — Despite the constant thud of rockets and deteriorating living conditions, including the destruction of basic institutions and infrastructure, Syrians...
Social Media Monitor: Opposition Supporters Denounce Hezbollah Interference
The battle of Qusair continues to rage as government troops, backed by fighters from Hezbollah, advance slowly into the city under fierce resistance from...
The Theft of Deir El Zor’s Oil
Editor’s note: The editorial team has used only the first names of some of the interviewees and concealed the names of others for their...
Social Media Monitor: Syrian Pound Reaches All Time Low
The Syrian pound dropped to an unprecedented low on Monday, June 17, when the dollar was traded, for the first time, at around 200...
Social Media Monitor: A 15-year old executed for blasphemy
Mohammad Qattaa, a 15-year-old who sold coffee on the street in the opposition-controlled Al-Shaar neighbourhood in Aleppo, was asked on Saturday, June 8 if...
Social Media Monitor: Executions in Raqqa Anger Civil Activists
On May 14, Islamist militiamen in the north-eastern city of Raqqa executed three prisoners who were alleged to be Alawite officers from the Syrian...
Tal Abyad Local Council Provokes Resentment, But Security Holds Stable
By Youssef Shaikho (Tel Abyad, Syria) – On the eve of the fall of the north eastern city of Raqqa to the Syrian opposition...
PKK peace negotiations cause concern among Syrian Kurds
Youssef Shaikho With the withdrawal of some Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters to their rear bases in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the peace...
Aleppo’s City Council Has Great Ambitions, Little Capacity
Lina al-Hakim* (Aleppo, Syria) – With basic services stopped in most areas of rebel-controlled Aleppo, a local City Council was elected in early March...
More Syrians Turn to Air Travel as Roads Prove Unsafe
By Raheel Ibrahim* (Damascus and Latakia, Syria) – Dima is from the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, and had never flown in an airplane...
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Rampant in Zaatari Camp
Editor’ Note: The editorial team changed the names of some of the interviewees for their own safety. By Raafat al-Ghanem (Zaatari, Jordan) – Um...
