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Young Syrians returning from Lebanon to AANES-held northeastern Syria, like those heading for regime areas, face the threat of conscription for “self-defense duty.”. Syria Direct is an independent, nonprofit journalism organization dedicated to telling Syrian stories and training Syrian journalists. Syria’s is a crisis in transition ...
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Armed robbers stalk northeastern Syria’s country roads. By Salam Ali | October 23, 2024. Countryside roads in SDF-controlled northeastern Syria are a hunting ground for armed robbers targeting civilians and humanitarian workers. Repeated security incidents limit residents’ freedom of movement and cut into organizations’ limited funding.
Empty promises and unrelenting economic crisis: Syrians leave …
Dec 28, 2022 · PARIS — Syrians are greeting the new year, 2023, while in the grips of an economic crisis worse than ever before. Across the country’s four areas of influence—held by the Syrian regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) in the northwest and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeast—Syrians face the worsening crisis and its repercussions: the rising ...
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SYRIA DIRECT is an independent, nonprofit media and training organization. We are dedicated to telling Syrian stories and mentoring Syrian journalists in accordance with the highest editorial and ethical standards of journalism. Founded in 2013 in Amman, we are now a registered a non-profit organization in Germany financed through grants and projects. Mission:
Syria online: Digital archives reconnect a generation scattered by war
Aug 20, 2023 · AMMAN, ERBIL — Rainbow fonts, thick mustaches, 1980s-style sunglasses, vibrant collages and fading portraits of beautiful divas form an eclectic gallery of cassette-tape illustrations on the website of the Syrian Cassette Archives, an online platform dedicated to preserving Syrian cassettes produced since the 1970s.. The archive’s cassettes contain a unique collection of hits, children’s ...
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Damascus’ Decree 3 of 2023 provides tax exemptions and loans for those whose property was damaged or destroyed by the February 6 earthquake, but does not take into account displaced property owners and rights-holders or areas outside …
Regime and AANES conscription traps Syrians in Lebanon as …
Oct 8, 2024 · Between September 23 and October 5, more than 220,000 Syrians and Lebanese fled across the border into Syria. Syrians made up around 70 percent of those returning, according to UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates. Before the latest displacement crisis, Lebanon hosted an estimated 1.5 million Syrians. Most returnees headed for regime-controlled ...
Lessons from al-Yaroubiah: Can cross-line aid replace the UN cross ...
Jun 7, 2021 · AMMAN — One year and a half after the closure of the al-Yaroubiah crossing, northeast Syria lingers in medical neglect amid severe shortages of supplies and funding. Last month, the medical INGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that hospitals in the region controlled by the Kurdish-dominated Syrian
Lifting subsidies, Damascus deals its citizens an economic blow
Mar 9, 2022 · Lifting subsidies, Damascus deals its citizens an economic blow. With the average government salary just $23 a month, losing access to state-subsidies on essentials such as bread and fuel is a heavy financial burden for Syrian citizens. By Walid Al Nofal. 9 March 2022. Syrians line up in front of a Syrian Trade Institution branch in Damascus, 1 ...
Letter to our readers: Syria Direct is back
Mar 31, 2022 · By: Syria Direct’s Board of Directors BERLIN — We are proud to report that for Syria Direct, last year was an award-winning, record-breaking year, but sadly it was also the year we shuttered our offices in Jordan and moved to Germany. Almost exactly a year ago, in …