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.

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.

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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.

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

Jan 10, 2025 · Communities in Daraa have taken care of themselves for years, fundraising to provide services and even paying teacher salaries to compensate for an absent state.

Nov 19, 2024 · Syria is grappling with a relentless wave of climate disasters, from scorching heatwaves and raging wildfires to debilitating droughts and choking sandstorms.These crises, increasing in both frequency and intensity, underscore the country’s accelerating vulnerability to climate change. Yet, Syria’s environmental challenges have been sidelined, overshadowed by …

Oct 21, 2024 · PARIS — Stepping through the gates of the Aoun al-Dadat crossing into the opposition-held Aleppo countryside last week, Iman al-Muhammad and her six children began a new chapter. In her arms, the 35-year-old mother carried her son, who was injured by an Israeli bombing in Lebanon, the country that was her refuge for

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.