Syria’s southern Daraa province has seen serious violations and abuses by new general security personnel—including killings, ...

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

A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before committing to return is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, a ...

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

Alessandra Bajec is a freelance journalist specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. Her work has appeared in The New Arab, Al Jazeera English and The New Humanitarian, among other places.

A bloody page in Syria’s history was turned with the overthrow of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, but real peace remains elusive. The war ended, yes, but its traces are still visible in corners ...

QAMISHLI — At her home in Syria’s northeastern Qamishli city, high school student Sima Ahmed sits down to study and do her homework in Kurdish, her mother tongue and the language that “reflects my ...

AKKAR — Two families share a two-bedroom home in Bqerzla, a village in Lebanon’s northern Akkar governorate near the border with Syria. There is no work, so they spend many days crowded around a ...

Iron salvage is a common form of survival work in northern Syria, a way of eking life out of destroyed buildings—an all-too-plentiful resource. It is also a largely unregulated and hazardous sector, ...

Iman Sarhan is a field reporter from northwestern Syria. Iron salvage is a common form of survival work in northern Syria, a way of eking life out of destroyed buildings—an all-too-plentiful resource.

With the war over, Syrians face a new struggle: addressing past harms and building a peaceful future together. With everything at stake, civil peace and transitional justice are both essential and ...

A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before committing to return is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, a border city transformed by an influx of refugees, many are preparing to ...