https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/marie-kostrz/rss en Civil Society Human Rights Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Marie Kostrz https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/04/as-u-n-cuts-food-aid-to-refugees-one-family-feels-the-pinch https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/04/as-u-n-cuts-food-aid-to-refugees-one-family-feels-the-pinch ‘We need the WFP money in order to eat. If we do not get it anymore, I do not know how we will live’. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Marie Kostrz https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/08/06/ersal-the-pro-revolution-village-in-lebanons-shia-heartland https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/08/06/ersal-the-pro-revolution-village-in-lebanons-shia-heartland These days in Ersal are tense. This pro-rebellion village, in Lebanon’s northeast Bekaa Valley, has been under pressure since the Syrian army, working with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, seized the neighboring Syrian city of Qusayr in early June.