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Dismantling Historical Idleb: Syrian Antiquities Victim to Destruction, Looting and Neglect

Hussein al-Abdullah for Al-Gherbal (opposition newspaper) February 1, 2017

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

In Jordan, Syrian Refugee Women Turn to Household Skills to Make Ends Meet

Iqtissad (independent economic magazine) January 30, 2017

Because Jordanian law makes it difficult for Syrian men to find legitimate work, refugee women are employing their talents in cooking, sewing, and handicrafts to help carve out a living for their families, Iqtissad writes

Turkey: Syrian Wives Face Indefinite Limbo While Looking to Reunite With Loved Ones

Souriatna (opposition website) January 25, 2017

Souriatna speaks to women who have been forced to remain inside Turkey indefinitely, often with children and without an income, while their applications for reunification with husbands and fiances are reviewed by European governments

Opinion: Turkey’s Erdogan Will Need Assad if He Hopes to Return to Global Stage

Hossam Shaeeb for Al-Watan (pro-government newspaper) January 19, 2017

Loyalist Al-Watan newspaper writes that Erdogan’s mounting domestic and international problems will force the Turkish president to accept that the only way to restore his regional standing will be through rapprochement with Assad

The Marginalization of the Syrian Working Woman

Ahmed al-Subah for Al Gherbal (opposition newspaper) January 17, 2017

Lack of training for women risks putting more than half the population out of work, but why would Syrian society prevent large numbers of its potential human energy from working when it is in dire need of assistance in farming, education, health, and construction?

New ISIS Video Shows ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ Performing Execution

ARA News (Kurdish news website) January 11, 2017

Video published by ISIS media affiliate shows children as young as three executing men accused of spying for Kurdish forces in the eastern Deir-ez-Zor province

‘War Divorce’ on the Rise in Syria… and Wounded Women are the Victims

Sada al-Sham (opposition newspaper) January 11, 2017

Sada al-Sham speaks with women who have been abandoned by their husbands after being dealt severe injuries and narrowly escaping death

Aleppans on the Syrian Coast: We Want to Return to Our City

Sada al-Sham (opposition newspaper) January 6, 2017

Displaced Aleppans in Lattakia and Tartous are eager to return to their embattled city to prevent demographic change after the regime and Russia declared victory against rebel fighters there

Best of 2016: US, Russia Touch on ‘Political Quotas’, Three Vice Presidents and ‘Protocol Powers’

Ibrahim Hamidi for al-Hayat (Pan-Arab, London-based newspaper) December 28, 2016

Unannounced negotiations are being held between American and Russian representatives to draft constitutional and political principles for a solution built on the principle of “political quotas” close to “the moderate Lebanese model”

Aleppo: Civilians Put Out Final Distress Call While Assad Forces Steal Food Supplies From Besieged Districts

Anadolu agency (Turkish news agency) December 14, 2016

Local opposition council says civilian food supplies in the besieged city had fallen into the hands of regime forces amid reports that pro-Assad forces were carrying out massacres against locals

Schools Suspended in Idleb Following Days of Deadly Attacks

Zaman al-Wasl (opposition website) December 7, 2016

Authorities in rebel-held Idleb province close schools after scores killed amid intensified strikes by regime and Russian warplanes

Russian Strikes on Idleb City Kill 3 Children: Civil Defense

Zaman al-Wasl (opposition website) December 6, 2016

Russian jets hit the northern neighborhoods of Idleb with vacuum missiles while regime warplanes carry out relentless strikes on the nearby town of Binnish

Editorial: To a Psychiatric Hospital, Erdogan!

Syria Times (government-owned newspaper) December 1, 2016

For nearly six years, Turkey’s reckless, unbalanced and crazy leader has been working barbarically, savagely and with unmatched hatred toward the destruction, exploitation and slaughter of the Syrians, writes the Syrian Times

Opinion: Is the Islamic State Group Nearing its End?

Ahmed Aisha for Ain al-Medina (opposition website) November 29, 2016

Does the fall of the ISIS-held town of Dabiq to Western-backed forces signal the end of the radical Islamist group, and could its legacy live on following its possible demise?

Damascus Rejects Opposition Conference with ‘Russian Guarantees’

Ibrahim Hamidi for al-Hayat (Pan-Arab, London-based newspaper) November 24, 2016

Damascus has rejected a proposal from Moscow to host a broad conference for the Syrian opposition with “Russia’s guarantees” aiming to form an expanded opposition coalition ahead of possible peace negotiations in Geneva

Jewish Activists Fight to Break Silence on Savagery in Aleppo

Al-Modon (Lebanese website) November 22, 2016

Israeli activists launch awareness campaign and call for communal prayers on Jewish holiday for the “hundreds of Syrians who are dying daily in Syria, men, women and children, while the world is silent”

‘We Speak Arabic’: Syrian Workers a Welcome Addition to Turkey’s Stores

All4Syria (opposition website) November 21, 2016

All4Syria interviews Syrian refugee workers in the markets of southern Turkey, “we were surprised to see the grocery had a Syrian working there, and then the tailor, and the butcher… It’s a good step and it’s helped us acclimatize quickly”

‘I Shiver Because of the Cold’: Burning Plastic for Warmth as Winter Nears in Daraa

Iqtissad (independent economic magazine) November 18, 2016

Issam says he must collect plastic materials from dumpsites around his village to use for cooking and heating as harsh winter conditions approach early

Turkish Authorities Force Closure of Hospital in Syria’s Rebel-held Jarablus: Source

Zaman al-Wasl (opposition website) November 17, 2016

Local officials claim reason behind the closure was due to negligence, while others expressed their discontent with the decision by Turkey to intervene in the affair

Assad: Can Trump Deliver What He Promised?

SANA (Syrian official news agency) November 17, 2016

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to “wait and see” if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington’s policy on Syria but that he was ready to cooperate with him in fighting militants. Following is the full text, as published in SANA

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