https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/celine-ahmad/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/03/night-kidnappings-terrorize-syrians-in-masaken-barzeh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/03/night-kidnappings-terrorize-syrians-in-masaken-barzeh “I was dead sure about his voice – that’s when I realized this was an organized kidnapping.”. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/10/underage-teens-face-conscription-in-assads-syrian-army https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/10/underage-teens-face-conscription-in-assads-syrian-army “My son was only away for four days before he was killed. He was supposed to be in a training camp for at least six months.”. Civil Society ISIS Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/09/10/around-damascus-residents-adapt-or-flee-a-life-shaped-by-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/09/10/around-damascus-residents-adapt-or-flee-a-life-shaped-by-war Civilians like Abu Mohammed – a teacher whose commute is now a four-hour round trip – now feel the conflict drawing near. Government & Pro-Government Forces Health Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/24/in-zabadani-a-cement-worker-becomes-a-citys-only-paramedic https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/24/in-zabadani-a-cement-worker-becomes-a-citys-only-paramedic In a pickup truck, walkie-talkie in hand, Abu Nidal patrols his Damascus province city, transporting victims to its only working field hospital. Displacement Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/07/a-soldiers-12-hour-walk-to-lebanon-with-an-injured-leg https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/07/a-soldiers-12-hour-walk-to-lebanon-with-an-injured-leg In search of better medical care, an FSA soldier makes a 12-hour journey on foot to the Bekaa valley. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/06/far-from-yarmouk-economic-hardship-for-a-palestinian-patriarch https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/06/far-from-yarmouk-economic-hardship-for-a-palestinian-patriarch JDEIDET ARTOUZ—Abu Nidal, 65, is not used to rising early in the morning to the sound of a ringing phone. Civil Society Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/01/20/twice-raped-in-syrian-prisons https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/01/20/twice-raped-in-syrian-prisons DAMASCUS – Last December, Alaa was laid down on an interrogator’s bed, her hands tied and her legs spread apart. Arts & Culture Civil Society Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/01/13/playing-an-oud-a-bard-of-the-revolution https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/01/13/playing-an-oud-a-bard-of-the-revolution BASRA AL-SHAM, DARAA — Maan, a Syrian musician, was turned back at the Jordanian border in April 2011 after an arduous journey from his hometown of Basra al-Sham. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Human Rights Religious & Ethnic Groups Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/26/reflections-on-christmas-in-damascus https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/26/reflections-on-christmas-in-damascus DAMASCUS COUNTRYSIDE — “Why doesn’t Santa Claus come to our neighborhood and give us presents?” asks Sarah, a nine-year-old resident of Jdaidet Artouz in rural Damascus. Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/23/hungry-for-bread-in-yarmouk-camp https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/23/hungry-for-bread-in-yarmouk-camp DAMASCUS — The tobacco seller at the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp here is used to the daily pranks of 10-year-old resident Nidal. Health Human Rights Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/28/in-hama-a-paramedic-turned-paraplegic https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/28/in-hama-a-paramedic-turned-paraplegic EHSIM, IDLIB — Khaled, who uses a wheelchair, remembers how his daughters used to ask him for piggyback rides around their house. That was before he lost his feet to shrapnel. Health Human Rights Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Celine Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/26/is-malnutrition-syrias-next-epidemic https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/26/is-malnutrition-syrias-next-epidemic EHSIM, IDLIB PROVINCE — A five-minute delay on the walk over was just enough time for Um Abed, a 38-year-old widow, to lose her usual spot in her town’s long milk line. Everyone here is desperate for milk from the town’s only living cow.