Syria’s worst drought in decades has wiped out rain-fed crops and diminished yields across the country, devastating farmers ...

The success of transitional justice is measured not by the measures taken, but by the extent to which they can achieve ...

PARIS — With the end of each year since 2011, Syrians have ushered in the new year with dreams of better days to come, only to find themselves facing new crises—especially with the country’s faltering ...

PARIS/IDLIB — “Every moment, we dream of returning home. We hope our stay in the camp will be temporary, not permanent,” Mazen al-Wared began. When he first arrived in this displacement camp 11 years ...

Between January and the end of April, extrajudicial killings of at least 361 civilians took place in Homs and Hama provinces, SNHR told Syria Direct.Most took place in areas inhabited by Alawites, the ...

After ‘Operation Peace Spring,’ over 11,000 Syrians fled to Bardarash refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Only 3,500 remain; why?

Christians who remained in HTS territory were generally allowed to work their farmland, while subject to severe restrictions and limitations on their freedoms.Some land was confiscated. The same was ...

MERSIN — Hussein al-Marandi can feel something changing in Gaziantep. For years, the Turkish city around an hour’s drive from the border with his native Aleppo has been an economic hub, hosting ...

Most of Daraa’s cities and towns have no police stations nearly six years after returning to Damascus’ control. Where police are present, they have limited powers or work under the watchful eyes of ...

A diverse informal economy has emerged in Zaatari since it opened in July 2012. Much of this activity takes place along a three-kilometer stretch of nearly 2,000 shops, known as “Sham Elysées”— a play ...

Dlshad Othman speaks at the UN in 2012. Photo courtesy of Eric Bridiers/Creative Commons. Cybersecurity expert Dlshad Othman remembers a joke among Syrian activists after unrest erupted across his ...

AMMAN — At the southern entrance to Raqqa city in northeast Syria, the al-Rashid (New) Bridge remains out of service. One of five bridges connecting the former Islamic State (IS) capital with its ...