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Welcome to the archives of Syria Deeply. While we paused regular publication of the site on May 15, 2018, and transitioned some of our coverage to Peacebuilding Deeply, we are happy to serve as an ongoing public resource on the Syrian conflict. We hope you’ll enjoy the reporting and analysis that was produced by our dedicated community of editors contributors.
We continue to produce events and special projects while we explore where the on-site journalism goes next. If you’d like to reach us with feedback or ideas for collaboration you can do so at [email protected].
Less than one-third of the 700,000 Syrian school-aged children who have entered Turkey over the last four years are attending school, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch over the weekend. Most students are barred from studying due to language barriers and economic hardships.
President Barack Obama authorizes the first sustained deployment of U.S. Special Forces in Syria to help out “local ground forces” in their fight against the Islamic State. The announcement came as key backers of Syria’s rival sides met in Vienna to find a political solution to the conflict.
Three years after her father’s disappearance, 24-year-old Raneem Ma’touq tells Syria Deeply her family’s story.
Nagham al-Ghadri, vice president of the Syrian National Coalition, talks about Russia’s recent military escalation, the future of the Assad government and Iran.
To give you an overview of the commentary surrounding the 70th U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, an annual summit of global leaders that will bring particular focus to the ongoing crisis in Syria, we’ve organized a breakdown of some of the best analysis pieces across the internet.
To give you an overview of the commentary surrounding the 70th U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, an annual summit of global leaders that will bring particular focus to the ongoing crisis in Syria, we’ve organized a breakdown of some of the best analysis pieces across the internet.
To give you an overview of the breaking news surrounding the 70th U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, an annual summit of global leaders that will give particular focus to the ongoing crisis in Syria, we’ve organized an overview of today’s most important news stories.
To give you an overview of the commentary surrounding the 70th U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, an annual summit of global leaders that will bring particular focus to the ongoing crisis in Syria, we’ve organized a breakdown of some of the best analysis pieces across the internet.
To give you an overview of the breaking news surrounding the 70th U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, an annual summit of global leaders that will give particular focus to the ongoing crisis in Syria, we’ve organized an overview of today’s most important news stories.
Syrian refugees document their exile in the latest installment of the Karam Foundation’s series at Syria Deeply.
“When you ask the Syrian people what they want, the most urgent thing they say they want is a reduction of violence.”.
A coalition of 47 former top diplomats, philanthropists and human rights defenders call on Russia to support a UN Security Council Resolution on humanitarian access to Syria.
Below is a transcript of an interview with Bassam, a rebel who serves with two secular brigades near Salamiyah. He spoke with us on Saturday via Skype.
As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and an architecture student from the University of Aleppo. She is in her final year and working on her graduation project. This conversation predates the latest blast at the university’s architecture school. Luckily, she was absent on Tuesday, January 15, the day of the tragic incident. At her request, we are not disclosing her name. The text has been edited for clarity.
Social media and user-generated content have come to play a key role in how we see the Syria conflict – quite literally. One platform, Bambuser, has given us the ground view of raging battles, streaming live, through the cell phone cameras of its users inside the country.
As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and Midya, a trained pharmacist who belongs to Syria’s largest ethnic minority, the Kurds. She lives and works in Qamishli, the unofficial capital city of Syria’s Kurdish region. Midya is known locally for the active role she has played in street demonstrations since the start of the Syrian Revolution. The following interview was conducted with repeated interruptions due to the poor state of communications in Qamishli at present.
The battle around Damascus has grown fierce as the regime strives to take back suburbs around the capital city that have fallen into rebel hands. It is a vital showdown in the political survival of President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Loubna Mrie paid a steep price for her place in Syria’s revolution. As an Alawite who took a stand against President Bashar al Assad, she pitted herself against her community; many Alawites have remained staunchly behind Assad, as the leader of their sect and the protector of their privileged position of power. .
Michel Kilo is one of Syria’s famous dissidents, a political opponent of President Bashar al Assad. He rose to prominence in the Damascus Spring, a brief flourishing of political freedom and expression in 2000.Kilo left Syria eight months into the revolution and now lives in Paris with his family. He answered questions from Syria Deeply via Skype. For more on his story we’ve included a link to a video interview about his time in prison, jailed for his prominent political dissent.
As the world celebrated the dawn of 2013, in Syria, the regime and the rebels were fighting for the suburbs of Damascus. President Bashar al Assad’s reportedly launched air raids that struck across the country, killing at least 160 people. Aleppo’s International Airport shut down, said AFP, reportedly after a rebel assault. The bottom line: more deadly fighting, with neither side really able to take control.
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