https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/sadek-abed-alrahman/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups War Economy Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Sadek Abed Alrahman https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/09/11/in-tartous-fear-and-a-failing-economy https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/09/11/in-tartous-fear-and-a-failing-economy Considered Syria’s safest city, the coastal Alawite stronghold is slowly feeling the war’s pinch. Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Sadek Abed Alrahman https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/07/in-tartous-a-family-split-by-politics https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/07/in-tartous-a-family-split-by-politics TARTOUS — Political and sectarian divisions created by Syria’s three-year conflict have affected most everyone in the country, even families far removed from the front lines. Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Sadek Abed Alrahman https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/11/rooting-for-the-rebels-from-inside-assads-camp https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/11/rooting-for-the-rebels-from-inside-assads-camp Mohammad, 25, is a Syrian soldier who supports the rebel opposition from his barracks in Bashar al-Assad’s army. Civil Society Government & Pro-Government Forces Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Sadek Abed Alrahman https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/27/with-two-sons-in-the-army-saying-a-prayer-for-assad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/27/with-two-sons-in-the-army-saying-a-prayer-for-assad TARTUS — In a small village on the Syrian coast, a shopkeeper in her 60s tends to her customers. She wears the shimmering black abaya prevalent in the countryside, wisps of gray hair protruding from her headscarf.