Arwa al-Basha is a freelance Syrian journalist. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/arwa-al-basha/rss en Human Rights ISIS Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:59:00 +0000 Arwa al-Basha https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/08/17/a-mothers-loss-in-the-coalitions-battle-for-raqqa https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/08/17/a-mothers-loss-in-the-coalitions-battle-for-raqqa Umm Omar had not seen her youngest son, Ali, in three years before he was killed by a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Raqqa city. He is just one of the roughly 500 people who have reportedly been killed by coalition airstrikes on ISIS’s former Syrian stronghold since June. Health Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:14:25 +0000 Arwa al-Basha https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/07/25/in-besieged-homs-blood-becomes-a-rare-commodity https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/07/25/in-besieged-homs-blood-becomes-a-rare-commodity At least 32 children in the besieged Houla region are suffering from an inherited blood disorder that requires frequent transfusions. Though fatality rates for thalassemia are not exceptionally high, the absence of supplies and blood banks has made it life-threatening. Arts & Culture Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:35:33 +0000 Arwa al-Basha https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/26/scavenging-for-books-beneath-the-rubble-in-daraa https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/26/scavenging-for-books-beneath-the-rubble-in-daraa Teachers and volunteers in a rural Daraa town are braving bullets and airstrikes to rescue books from beneath the wreckage and stock a new public library. Their aim is to assist local students in the difficult task of finding resources in war-torn Syria.