Syria’s environmental challenges have been sidelined—overshadowed by more than 13 years of devastating conflict and instability—but delaying climate interventions is not an option, Haid Haid writes.

1 day ago · PARIS — Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud, locally and internationally, since the start of Operation Deterring Aggression last November and the fall of the Assad regime 11 days later. Concerns for Syria’s minorities are largely rooted in a history of

Jan 6, 2025 · The Zaatari refugee camp’s bustling economy ground to a halt when the Assad regime fell. Local shopkeepers say the value of their businesses has collapsed as residents uncertain about their future in Jordan save money and only buy necessities.

Jan 15, 2025 · MARSEILLE — Riding a wave of euphoria, thousands of displaced Syrians rushed home after the Assad regime fell nearly six weeks ago. Many found only ruins, their houses razed or heavily damaged and their communities lacking basic services.. The resources needed for Syrians to return home and rebuild are enormous after nearly 14 years of revolution and war.

Jan 10, 2025 · ERBIL — On January 8, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced the killing of five civilians and injury of 15 others when a protest convoy heading for the Tishreen Dam on the Euphrates River was hit by a Turkish drone strike. Among those killed was Karam Ahed Shahhabi, a member of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering, a women’s union in Arab-majority AANES areas.

“سوريا على طول“ هي منظمة صحافية مستقلة، تُعنى بتغطية التطورات داخل سوريا، والأحداث المتعلقة بالسوريين في بلدان اللجوء والمهجر، استناداً إلى المعايير المهنية المثلى.

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Jan 3, 2025 · ERBIL — Omar Jamil (a pseudonym), 35, returned home with his wife, parents and five children on December 4 to his village in the Sherawa area of Syria’s northwestern Afrin countryside. He had been gone for around seven years, displaced in a neighboring village as his home, on the line of contact between

Dec 31, 2024 · MARSEILLE — Every day for a year, Salam al-Nabwani waled 45 minutes from her home in Suwayda to the provincial capital’s central al-Karama (Dignity) Square, the beating heart of the Druze-majority province’s anti-regime protest movement. A former teacher, al-Nabwani has been part of Suwayda’s protest movement—locally known as the hirak

Feb 15, 2024 · HASAKAH — In his bustling shop in Syria’s northeastern Qamishli city this month, Maher al-Zaim stared at his phone, scrolling through recent news reports that the United States (US) is considering withdrawing from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-controlled area. “Withdrawal, for us, is suicide,” he said, setting the phone aside.