Efforts made for the release of Sheikh Riad al-Kharqi, who was arrested by the Army of Islam
Thousands queue daily to leave Ghouta after the regime opened limited passage
100 days ago, unidentified veiled men broke into the joint office of the Violations Documentation Center (VDC) and the Local Development and Support of Small Enterprises (LDSPS) in Douma and kidnapped Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues
Typhoid fever is spread through dirty food and water
The election of a local council in Douma, in the Ghouta suburb of Damascus, is a pioneering experience, although it follows previous failures
While Bashar Assad’s delegation was busy putting sticks into wheels and throwing around public accusations and insults, the regime was also busy concluding truces in various areas around Damascus
The regime tried so hard to secure these truces by using any possible means to confuse and mix-up the two concepts of truce and reconciliation
Pro-Assad forces ambushed a convoy of civilians on their way out of Eastern Ghouta
Over 1 million people, half of them children, are trapped under a suffocating siege in eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside
We asked if love can exist under the harsh siege conditions
Opinions on the conference differ, but all agree the international community must force the regime to an agreement
Hungry and exhaused families in the besieged areas were following Geneva conference as a ray of hope
Daughter recalls the day she was raped and her father and brothers were killed
Activists had accused Nusra Front of kidnapping him
The difficulty faced by those residing in areas under regime control is mainly due to the shortage of diesel fuel and the absurd inflation in its price
The people under siege tried to find replacements to bread, and animal feed was their only choice
Social networking sites exchanged consolations and sorrowful blessings and expressions
Many ad hoc educational institutions are sponsored by local or foreign parties and still operate despite the circumstances
Schools have been destroyed and children are traumatized in eastern Ghouta
A year-long government siege on Yarmouk and southern parts of Damascus has made basic goods and food inaccessible
