No Dream Impossible in Idlib
Children in the village of Termanin in the northern Idlib Rif took part in an activity designed to encourage them to pursue their dreams...
Too Late to Get Married
Hana Said Ibrahim, 43, still dreams of getting married. The business and economics graduate who works as a senior government official in Qamishli city,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Underage Girls Recruited to Kurdish Forces
The case of a 12-year old Kurdish Syrian girl recruited to fight alongside local militias has highlighted ongoing concerns about the recruitment of child...
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 Perils of Cousin Marriage
When 29-year-old Alia looks at her two sick children, she wishes she could go back in time to refuse the arranged marriage that led...
A Safe Haven For Those Fleeing IS
“I will put lipstick and eyeliner on, then smoke and wear whatever I want; I will go to parks and dance at weddings and...
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...
Dividing Hass’s Mountain
The local council in Hass is rolling out a scheme to resolve territorial disputes by dividing the mountain on which the town sits between...
The Alternative Kindergarten
A resident of Hass has turned his own garden into a makeshift kindergarten for children, nearly a year after the neighbourhood school was destroyed...
