Daraa: Displaced Families Suffer Through Dire Winter
Iqtissad speaks to activists and camp residents on why the situation continues to worsen for families in Syria’s southern camps along the border with Jordan
Iqtissad speaks to activists and camp residents on why the situation continues to worsen for families in Syria’s southern camps along the border with Jordan
Shelling kills at least seven militants in the towns of Al-Mahatta and Jawalek in the province’s rural areas
State news agency SANA reports raid by government forces on Um Sharshouh village in the Homs countryside
The price of gas has seen a steep rise in loyalist areas as news filtered in of the Islamic State’s capture of Palmyra and the surrounding gas fields last week
“When we say that Aamal benefited 46,000 people in 10 years, we also have to say that 30,000 of them were affected during the war,” says Syria’s first lady
Serving volunteers want the regime to include them in the new Fifth Corps and supply them with a monthly salary, thereby taking advantage of the rampant poverty in Syria and the spread of unemployment
Zaman al-Wasl speaks to Abdo, a trained psychologist now residing in Lebanon, who wishes to provide an adequate life for his family by selling gas to refugee camps
“People took taxis because of their cheap prices, and today it has become rare for anyone to take one of our cars… the fares are very high”
Local figures convene talks with regime to discuss implementing a truce agreement between the government and opposition in the besieged town
Kanaan was covering events in the town of Zafarana in the northern Homs countryside when he was hit by the air raid.
Priest Gabriel Daoud expelled from Syriac Orthodox Church for comments in the media as well as his suspect dealings with regime intelligence services
About 2,500 people will be transported to Idleb in “reconciliation” deal, according to media activists from the Damascus countryside
Assad loyalists are using different methods to force residents in Sunni and opposition areas to leave the coastal city, like detention and forced conscription, as well as cutting vital services like electricity, water and waste collection
“We are used to the fact that every time there is talk about a truce or reconciliation, the regime steps up the weapons and means it uses against us to create more confusion and pressure”
Overcrowded classrooms in areas under regime control is widespread, with as many as 75 students being forced into a single classroom in some cases
Fuad al-Salah, leader of the ‘Leopard Militia’ was killed after years of fighting alongside al-Hassan, also known as ‘The Tiger,’ on many fronts in Homs, Hama, Aleppo and the Lattakia countryside.
The video showed a number of fighters training to use personal weapons, in addition to physical training like intruding into buildings and jumping. The footage showed that this was part of special forces training to prepare for guerrilla warfare.
Captain of Syria’s national football team Jihad Qassab killed in Saidnaya prison after two years in captivity
Commander of new group says opposition aims to work within an organized body to become a single, integrated force to defend ideals of the revolution
Major transport route cut by loyalist fighters protesting regime’s arrest of a drug dealer from Oum Haratin
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