How a Tent Became a School
Ten-year-old Manar has been living in a tent for the last two years, after she was displaced with her family from their home in...
A Wartime Epidemic of Begging
Gumendar is 60 but looks much older, her face wrinkled by the trauma of the years of conflict. Originally from the village of al-Jabin...
Horse Carts Return to Syria’s Streets
Horse-drawn carts are returning to the streets of Maarat al-Nu’uman, as high fuel costs take their toll on the local economy. With fewer and...
Exorcising Demons in Idlib
In August 2015, a few days after her engagement party, Amal (not her real name) was enjoying tea with her sisters when she complained...
Idlib Residents Complain of Crime Surge
Residents of rural Idlib say they are experiencing a wave of robbery and kidnappings, with the military factions who control the area unable to...
Recycling Industry Booms in Idlib
Twelve-year-old Amer roams the streets of Maarrat al-Nu’man from morning to night, gathering whatever scraps of plastic and metal he can find. Covered in...
Community Initiative Refits Shelters
As soon as she hears the warning sirens sound over the town of Hish, Khadija rushes with her children and grandchildren to the nearby...
Women Losing Their Hard-Won Freedoms
Safaa was just 15 when she took her own life. Married off against her will, the girl poisoned herself eight months after her wedding....
Rebuilding Latakia’s Healthcare System
A newly-established hospital is offering treatment free-of-charge to those in need across the whole of western Idlib and the Latakia countryside. Fully equipped to...
Cancer Patients in Opposition Areas Cut Off From Treatment
Abu Thaer makes the long and arduous journey from Maarrat al-Nu’man to Damascus each month to ensure his four-year-old son can get free cancer...
Soaring Bread Prices Add to Idlib’s Woes
Fuel shortages, a poor harvest and falling subsidies have led to a serious bread shortage in opposition-controlled areas of the Idlib countryside. In some...
Combating the Scourge of Child Soldiers
Activists in Idlib have launched a campaign to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers in the Syrian civil war. Locals say that the...
Fighting Over An Unexploded Missile
On January 12, 2017, the town of Dar al-Kabira near Kafr Nabel was targeted in a regime airstrike. Abu Mohammed, a resident of the...
Damascus Water Crisis Continues
Um Ahmed, a 45 year-old resident of the Bab al-Sarija area in Damascus, says it is a daily struggle to find fresh water. Her...
No Schools, No Textbooks and No Teachers
Every day, early in the morning, Um Juwan walks her teacher son to the bus that carries staff to one of the schools in...
A Loving Home for Idlib’s Orphans
Hundreds of orphans in Idlib are being given a new start in life at a care home set up by the Ruhama Baynahum aid...
