Hundreds of former public sector employees in Idlib, arbitrarily dismissed from their positions by the Assad regime, are ...

The debate over transitional justice in Syria has been nearly confined to its definition, design and mechanisms: truth commissions, special courts, institutional reform, civil peace and more. However, ...

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 ...

HASAKAH/PARIS — A round of negotiations set to get underway on Friday between Syria’s transitional government and a delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) was ...

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 — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure in the southern province or the primary representative of his ...

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 — Syria’s new government reached a landmark agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday to integrate “all civilian and military institutions” in the country’s northeast into the ...

DARAA/PARIS — “Around this time, our cars would usually be leaving the Yarmouk Valley brimming with zucchini, beans and tomatoes. This year, the Israeli occupation has stopped us, destroying our ...

PARIS — Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud, locally and internationally, since the start of Operation ...

PARIS — As Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell on Sunday, the Israeli military immediately launched a large-scale bombing operation, striking Syrian military assets and airbases across the country, ...

PARIS — Within hours of local armed groups mobilizing against regime forces in Daraa on Friday, the newly formed Southern Operations Room announced it controlled all of the southern province. The ...