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In northeastern Syria, artists fight to preserve a cultural renaissance

In northeastern Syria, a growing community of artists—dancers, musicians, filmmakers—fights to preserve the region’s diverse ...
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Devastated by drought, Daraa’s olive harvest hits a new low

Olive yields fell across Syria this year amid the worst drought in 60 years. In southern Daraa province, the harvest was 68 ...
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Tannour making in Hasakah: Heritage flourishes during crisis

HASAKAH — One sunny day this spring, 32-year-old Sanaa al-Ali and her cousin, 40-year-old Fida, focused deeply on the task before them: crafting a clay tannour—a traditional wood-fired oven used for ...
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تحديات وثوابت في خضم العملية الانتقالية: المرأة السورية ودورها في صناعة السلام

تواجه المرأة السورية اليوم تحديات جسيمة على عدة مستويات، تسعى لتذليلها بغية تعزيز مشاركتها في صناعة السلام بعد النزاع، ...
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زيتون درعا في مواجهة الجفاف والمناخ: الإنتاج ينهار إلى أدنى مستوى

تراجع إنتاج الزيتون في محافظة درعا من 31.5 ألف طن في الموسم الماضي إلى 10 آلاف طن في الموسم الحالي، نتيجة التغيرات المناخية ...
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عدي أفنيخر

ناشط في المجتمع المدني السوري، يتمتع بخبرة في العمل الإنساني وفي إعداد التقارير الإعلامية المتعلقة بالشؤون الإنسانية منذ عام ...
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‘Locusts’: Organized looting, destruction of displaced Syrians’ homes by ‘demolition forces’ and regime-affiliated groups

PARIS — In the days after the Syrian regime took control of the southern Idlib countryside village of Kafruma in January 2020, the victors began a new task: looting. Entering the vacant homes of those ...
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HTS looks to Idlib’s Christians and Druze to whitewash violations (map)

PARIS, IDLIB — The land, 60 dunums in al-Judayda, a Christian village in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, was everything to Julian’s family. From season to season, it sustained them, until Hayat ...
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As Syrian refugees leave Zaatari, some bring their ‘caravans’ with them

PARIS — Last week, when Muhammad Abdulhalim (a pseudonym) returned to Syria’s southern Daraa province with his wife and children after 13 years in Jordan, a piece of the Zaatari refugee camp came with ...
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As garbage dump pollutes wells, Idlib officials slow to respond

IDLIB — Ten kilometers from the northern Idlib city of Maarat Misrin, the road bends sharply, curving around an abyss: the al-Hebat quarry. Few dare approach the edge of the chasm, which plunges 60 ...
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Turkey in Syria: Temporary necessity turned permanent presence?

PARIS — In the new Syria, Ahmad al-Hayes’s star is rising. At the beginning of May, after being promoted to the rank of brigadier general, the once-leader of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya ...
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Keeping hope, but still waiting: Syrian feminism and a decade of revolution

AMMAN — Razan Zaitouneh, Samirah al-Khalil, May Skaf, Fadwa Suleiman. These are the names of women who have become, with many other Syrian women, defining figures and symbols of the Syrian revolution.