Souriatna speaks to female reporters about their experiences in the field, hiding the truth from family members, and what it was that drove them to work in the most dangerous country for journalists in the world
The flooding of the labor market in southern Turkish cities has resulted in widespread exploitation of Syrian refugees, who sometimes work for $3 a day, opposition outlet writes
Syrian men in Germany may be less inclined to marry Syrian girls as the community raises the average price of dowry payments, Sweden-based website writes
Observers expect targeted killings of Islamic State members to continue throughout the eastern province as ISIS’ power wanes and locals seek to enact revenge for atrocities carried out by the group and its associates, opposition outlet Alsouria writes
‘We as Syrians abroad undergo many situations that show how low the bar is for other people’s expectations of us.’ Enab Baladi speaks with four refugees living in Germany and Turkey about the common misconceptions of Syrians voiced by locals on a day to day basis
President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Croatian newspaper Vecernji List published Thursday, in which he reflects on six years of conflict, the negotiation process and the fight against terrorism. The following is the full text as published by government news agency SANA
Regime airstrikes on residential neighborhoods and a school in the town of Kafranbel in Idleb kill seven civilians, including four children and a woman
Although paralyzed by a shrapnel, Khadija, mother of two children, refuses to give in to her disability and learns computer skills to help people in similar circumstances
This charade called Moscow and Cairo’s platforms is only an accessory to the Syrian regime
Syrian refugee women in Jordan’s Zaatari Camp try to survive their terrible circumstances by selling homemade food and other handmade products to feed their families’ needs
Syrian businesses in Turkey flourish and start to compete with their Turkish counterparts, creating job opportunities and raising wages for thousands of families
The decline of Iran’s dominance is inevitable due to its diverging interests with Russia in Syria and the emergence of an American policy shift
State news agency SANA reports US-led air strikes destroy al-Meghle Bridge north of Raqqa, leaving the al-Jazira region completely isolated
SANA quotes official spokesperson saying UN envoy de Mistura has begun sending out invitations to participants for the upcoming talks next Thursday
“It’s different when I wear a Syrian hijab because the Turks believe that I won’t understand them and so they avoid me and don’t speak with me.” As debate continues in the West around the compatibility of the hijab with European values, Enab Baladi speaks to Syrian women in Turkey about their reasons for adopting the the Anatolian version of the head covering
Widows of northern Syria face immense pressures in the wake of their husbands’ deaths, as most are treated as inferior citizens and forced to comply with strict and demeaning expectations in order to receive support from family members, Asmaa al-Naasan writes in online magazine Al-Gherbal
In Saudi-owned Al-Hayat, Ibrahim Hamidi breaks down the current struggle for representation at the upcoming negotiations as well as the tug of war around prioritizing the political and military tracks
In the Syrian capital, women’s fixation on obtaining and maintaining ‘beauty’ has fostered a dangerous culture of cosmetic surgery, opposition outlet Enab Baladi writes
Zaman al-Wasl reports on the shelling of a number of towns in the western province of Hama as rebels and regime forces trade blows, killing and wounding civilians and displacing about 1,000 more
Home to hundreds of archeological sites, rebel-held Idelb’s historical artifacts have seen the full effects of corruption, looting and deliberate bombardment over the past six years, as those antiquities that aren’t destroyed are gobbled up by an eager international black market, Hussein Abdullah writes
