Featured stories about Syria
Stories about Syria
14 July 2017
For Syrian Refugees Living in Jordan, Journalism Offers Hope and Opportunity to Rebuild Their Homeland
For Syrian refugees in Jordan, Syrians Between Us provides the skills they need to tell their own stories.
12 July 2017
A Syrian Artist From the Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights Explores Identity and Humanity in His Work
“I was motivated because I’m born undefined — and I’m still undefined — but I came to understand myself more through understanding others."
11 July 2017
A Syrian Artist Reimagines the World's Powerful Leaders as Vulnerable Refugees
"Those leaders were partly responsible for the displacement of Syrians. Maybe they will feel what it feels like to be vulnerable."
7 July 2017
Violence in Arsal Is a Reminder of How Vulnerable Syrian Refugees Are in Lebanon
"Whatever happened, we have to recognize that the response towards these attacks where refugees/Syrians are all assumed guilty is inhumane"
23 June 2017
ISIS Attempts to Exploit Balkan War Wounds With Localized Propaganda
The region has a painful legacy of war that has divided people along ethnic and religious lines.
17 June 2017
Protests Break Out Across Idlib Against Syria's Al Qaeda Branch
"The Syrian revolution ongoing to topple every tyrant"
29 May 2017
In Syria's Al-Waer, the Uncertainty of Evacuating Weighs Heavy on Residents
“Forgive me, father, it was never my choice to leave.”
28 May 2017
Whether They Stay or Leave, Residents of Syria's Al-Waer Face an Uncertain Future
Rebels and their families are evacuating their last bastion in the city that has been dubbed “the capital of the revolution". Here are some of their stories.
29 April 2017
Brazilian Graffiti Artists and Young Syrians Are Painting Refugee Camp Walls Together
Brazilian and Syrians are hand in hand on "Painting on Camps walls" of refugee's school camp in Lebanon's Beqaa and more walls of hope inside Syria.
17 April 2017
‘Children Were Dying Everywhere': A Syrian Videographer Recounts the Al Rashideen Explosion That Killed Over 100
Abd Alkader Habak appears in a photo that was widely shared on social media in which he is running with an injured child in his arms. Here is what happened.
12 April 2017
International Scholars Search for Ways to Protect Syria's Ancient Heritage
Melbourne University’s Ian Potter Museum of Art is currently hosting an exhibition that focuses on saving what remains of Syria's ancient history.
5 April 2017
The Syrian Regime Is Waging a War of Documents on Syrians
Authorities have withheld or complicated the issuing of death certificates, school diplomas and passports as punishment to Syrians who don't walk the regime line.
26 March 2017
In a Greek Refugee Camp: A Volunteer's Notebook
"As volunteers, we’re treated as though we’re not part of the story.... But whether we like it or not, we are part of the narrative and influence it, significantly."
16 March 2017
A Syrian Activist's Japanese-Language Message to the People of Japan
"Syria is witnessing a revolutionary call for freedom and dignity for its entire people." Will Japan help?
14 March 2017
Syrian Civil Society in Douma Navigates a Tough Crackdown
Fundamentalist backlash to a magazine article has thrown civil society in Douma and Eastern Ghouta into turmoil, as activists and journalists struggle to get back to work.
10 March 2017
Jaysh Al-Islam Is Leading Peace Talks in Geneva, While Clamping Down on Speech in Syria's Eastern Ghouta
The group controlling the region has shut down a magazine and five well-known civil society organisations, according to activists.
7 March 2017
Small Hands and Big Burden for Child Workers in Syria's Idlib
“War is merciless. Many women and children have been burdened with supporting families that have lost the main breadwinner. They have no choice but to work."
3 March 2017
Two Syrian Activists Explain Their Experiences Being Imprisoned by ISIS in Al Bab
"The days passed, and I never expected to come back here, the place from where I entered humiliated...I never expected to get out of here."
2 March 2017
Walking on Death Along the Iraqi Border
Abdus-Sattar, Mahmud and Suad each had their reasons for fleeing ISIS. Here are their stories.
18 February 2017
Uproar After a Syrian Judge Says Taking a Second Wife Could Fix ‘Spinsterhood’
"[The decreasing number of men] exacerbates the problem and negatively affects young women and families, given the social norms that stigmatize unmarried women, divorcees, or even widows."
