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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...

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 ...

Many houses have been destroyed, looted or confiscated by Turkish-backed armed groups in areas they seized during Operation Peace Spring. Similar acts have been carried out with impunity by a range of ...

PARIS, IDLIB — The land, 60 dunums in al-Judayda, a Christian village in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, was everything to Julian’s family. From season to season, it sustained them, until Hayat ...

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 ...

PARIS — At the start of 2021, Abu Muhammad (a pseudonym) put his 16 years of teaching at a public school in the Daraa city of Inkhil behind him. His salary of 130,000 Syrian pounds (SYP)—worth $35 at ...

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, ...

DUHOK — Empty Nutella jars filled with spices stand perfectly ordered on the kitchen shelf. Onions are growing in the garden. Hemrin turns on the fan while she sews the flowery clothes that her ...

PARIS — The police station in Inkhil, a city in the north of Syria’s southern Daraa province, lies in ruins. In April, Farouq al-Hammadi, a member of the Syrian People’s Assembly, tried to change that ...

Perceived American betrayal When the Arab tribes revolted against the SDF in Deir e-Zor, they had one main hope: that the US would support the Arab tribes and limit the YPG’s influence in ...

In the last opposition-controlled parts of Syria, journalists and media activists face restrictions, red lines and retaliation.