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أصداء الحرب الأميركية الإسرائيلية مع إيران تصل إلى جنوب سوريا

رغم أنه ليس هدفاً مباشراً للتصعيد المتزايد بين إسرائيل والولايات المتحدة وإيران وحزب الله، يواجه جنوب سوريا تداعيات الحرب ...
Syria Direct

In southern Syria, echoes of the US-Israeli war with Iran hit close to home

While not a direct target of the escalating conflict between Israel, the US, Iran and Hezbollah, southern Syria is feeling ...
Syria Direct

‘A long way to go’: As Syrians commemorate the revolution, has it achieved its goals?

On the second anniversary of the revolution since the fall of the Assad regime, have its earliest aims—freedom, justice, ...
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With rare movement in Suwayda-Damascus deadlock, can a solution emerge?

After months of deadlock, a prisoner swap between Damascus and Suwayda opened a “new” negotiating channel, but is there a way forward amid internal divisions and struggles over representation?
Syria Direct

Karam Alhindi

Karam Alhindi is a Palestinian-Syrian journalist and humanitarian worke who focuses on human rights, women's empowerment, psychosocial support for children and health promotion. Since 2013, he has ...
Syria Direct

Unspoken exclusion: Inaccessible public transport isolates disabled Syrians

An inaccessible public transportation system and degraded infrastructure pose daily challenges to disabled Syrians, isolating them and preventing their freedom of movement in an “unspoken form of ...
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قناة تفاوض “جديدة” بين دمشق والسويداء.. هل تنهي حالة الاستعصاء؟

بعد أشهر من الجمود، أعادت عملية تبادل الموقوفين بين دمشق وفصائل السويداء فتح قناة تفاوض "جديدة"، لكن الانقسام الداخلي داخل ...
Syria Direct

Hasakah at a crossroads: Real integration, or recreating ‘security squares’?

PARIS/QAMISHLI — The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are taking slow, simultaneous moves towards implementing the January 30 integration agreement, most recently withdrawing ...
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No guarantees: What do Kurds think of the Damascus-SDF agreement?

QAMISHLI — A mood of cautious anticipation hangs over the last parts of northeastern Syria controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), where residents are waiting to see what comes next. Syrian ...
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Caught between Damascus and Qandil, SDF integration hangs in the balance

PARIS — The Syrian army and Kurdish armed forces began withdrawing from their positions on the outskirts of Syria’s northeastern Hasakah city on Tuesday as part of the latest ceasefire and integration ...
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In encircled Kobani, the specter of siege resurfaces

DAMASCUS — Shivering in the snow, encircled by government forces and cut off from electricity, internet and stable water access, residents of Kurdish-majority Kobani (Ain al-Arab) say their city is ...
Syria Direct

Agreement under fire: Can the latest SDF-Damascus ceasefire hold?

PARIS — A four-day ceasefire agreement between Syria’s government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remained in effect on Wednesday despite reported violations by both sides. The understanding, ...