Some Syrians returning from Jordan to Daraa use caravans smuggled out of Zaatari camp as temporary shelters while they work ...

Explore the challenges of food sovereignty in Syria's arid landscapes and the impact of conflict on local farmers.

Rana F. Sweis is the founder and managing director of Wishbox Media, a company providing media training, research services and creative storytelling packages. She is also a freelance journalist ...

Marine Caleb is a freelance journalist based in Marseille, covering the Mediterranean region. She specializes in migration, minorities and women's rights, and writes for media outlets around the world ...

Philippe Pernot is a freelance journalist based between Lebanon and Syria. He mostly covers the region's environment and conflict nexus for international media such as Reporterre (France) and the ...

Thousands of refugees are packing up their lives and returning from Jordan’s Zaatari camp to Syria—a country that some have never known.

After years of violations, HTS aims to adopt a new policy of openness towards Idlib’s minorities, returning some seized properties and encouraging Christians and Druze to return. Still, discrimination ...

As Turkish-backed Syrian National Army factions merge and pick sides, a map of the SNA’s near future and its components’ relations with Ankara takes shape.

Following months of investigation into accusations of abuses and violations by Abu Amsha—a Turkish-backed opposition commander—an investigative committee recommended he be dismissed. Local faction ...

It took years for Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri to move from outward support for the Assad regime to cautious criticism and finally open opposition. With the new authorities in ...

As Turkish-linked commanders with dubious human rights records are commissioned as officers and appointed to top military positions in Syria, questions arise over the future of Ankara’s influence in ...

Twelve years after the Syrian revolution began, formal opposition political and service institutions are wholly reliant on Turkey, impacting service provision and governance in the areas they ...