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WEBBy Sawsan Jabbara, (Sawtna Training Program) | September 6, 2024. While some humanitarian organizations target informal displacement camps where 150,000 people have languished for years in Syria’s northern Raqqa province, the response falls short of what is needed, particularly for widows. 5 09, 2024.
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WEBSep 4, 2024 · By Salam Ali | August 12, 2024. Bombardment by Syrian regime forces and affiliated militias has killed and injured dozens of people in SDF-controlled villages and towns in Deir e-Zor since Iran-backed Arab tribal forces launched an attack on the eastern countryside six days ago. 8 08, 2024.
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WEBJun 13, 2023 · New Podcast: The Hope to Return. By Lyse Mauvais. “The Hope to Return” follows three families displaced from Ras al-Ain and its countryside in 2019 by Operation Peace Spring, a military offensive launched by Turkey and Turkish-backed military groups in northern Syria. Four years after the offensive, tens of thousands of Syrians are still ...
‘Resurrection’: HTS returns to southern Syria - Syria Direct
WEBMay 27, 2024 · Resurrection in the south. Two months ago, in a city in northwestern Daraa, a small group of armed young men stood in the middle of a street, blocking traffic. They chanted for HTS, claiming to belong to it, and said the group had returned once more to the city, two residents told Syria Direct. Both residents spoke on condition of anonymity and ...
Caught between customs and the cost of living, marriage a …
WEBMay 13, 2022 · According to common prices Syria Direct observed, the average cost of a wedding in Syrian government-controlled areas of Damascus and its countryside is more than SYP 17.5 million ($4,465). That figure includes not only wedding supplies, but also furniture and basic appliances the groom-to-be typically …
Syrians lose WFP lifeline as US slashes funding - Syria Direct
WEBJan 16, 2024 · MARSEILLE — Millions of Syrians lost a lifeline this month, after the World Food Program (WFP) suspended all in-kind food assistance across Syria due to an unprecedented budget shortfall, owing in large part to drastic cuts in United States government funding, senior humanitarian sources told Syria Direct. The United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), through its Bureau of ...
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WEBSYRIA DIRECT is an independent, nonprofit media and training organization. We are dedicated to telling Syrian stories and mentoring Syrian journalists in accordance with the highest editorial and ethical standards of journalism. Founded in 2013 in Amman, we are now a registered a non-profit organization in Germany financed …
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WEBMar 25, 2024 · By Habib Shehada | October 19, 2023. In al-Hajar al-Aswad, south of Damascus, buildings are steadily being demolished—regardless of whether they are structurally sound—with the rubble sold for profit under the eyes of regime forces. Some fear demolitions could be a precursor to expropriations under redevelopment plans.
Renewed talk of US withdrawal rattles Syrians in the northeast
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · Fears of a US withdrawal from northeastern Syria were renewed in late January, after Al-Monitor and Foreign Policy reported that Washington was considering withdrawing its troops from Syria. While the White House denied reports it intends to withdraw, that has not dispelled al-Zaim’s fears. Washington “betrayed us …