The success of transitional justice is measured not by the measures taken, but by the extent to which they can achieve ...

PARIS — Twelve years after the outbreak of the Syrian revolution, official opposition institutions remain dependent, not only politically and militarily, but in the provision of services. The Syrian ...

Rain-fed wheat in Daraa: Zero production In the western Daraa countryside, Mahmoud Muhammad al-Sweidani planted his 250 dunams of land with irrigated wheat and barley, also avoiding planting chickpeas ...

PARIS — With the end of each year since 2011, Syrians have ushered in the new year with dreams of better days to come, only to find themselves facing new crises—especially with the country’s faltering ...

Thousands cross into Lebanon By around 9:30 in the morning on March 12, men, women, and children began to line up on the Syrian side of the Nahr al-Kabir River near the Tal al-Bireh village, preparing ...

PARIS — Smiling broadly, a middle-aged man stands in the Syrian desert, clutching a live falcon. Elated, he bends to the ground and presses his forehead against the sandy soil in a thankful gesture, ...

Tens of thousands of the 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon have settled in the country’s 12 official Palestinian refugee camps, which were set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ...

PARIS — The case against a controversial commander—Muhammad al-Jassim, also known as Abu Amsha—in the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) accused of human rights violations and abuses appears to ...

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 ...

BEIRUT – A police raid turned Teim’s life upside down. In 2019, Lebanese security officials raided his house “by mistake” the Syrian refugee said. “I was not the one they were looking for, but they ...

Between January and the end of April, extrajudicial killings of at least 361 civilians took place in Homs and Hama provinces, SNHR told Syria Direct. Most took place in areas inhabited by Alawites, ...

PARIS/IDLIB — “Every moment, we dream of returning home. We hope our stay in the camp will be temporary, not permanent,” Mazen al-Wared began. When he first arrived in this displacement camp 11 years ...