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Chemical weapons in Syria: No more red lines

Mohamad Katoub 12 April 2021

On Wednesday, the member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted to strip Syria of its voting rights

We, the eyes of Syria

Aram Abu-Saleh 23 July 2020

This text is inspired by the testimonies of many Syrians imprisoned by the Israeli occupation. Some are my own experiences, while others I

Notes from Damascus’ Coronavirus lockdown

Karam Mansour 2 April 2020

The time is 10pm. Darkness enshrouds me as I write these words, after the last candle ran out half an hour ago. Electricity

Idlib is off the World Health Organization’s map

Yehya Massoud 24 March 2020

“The northwest [of Syria] is not a country,” said a spokesman for the World Health Organization’s office in southern Turkey, in remarks to

The temporary lives of Syrians

Yassin Swehat 3 March 2020

To comment on the recent events at the Greek-Turkish border requires conjuring sentiments that go beyond mere, but necessary, disgust. A new low

Silent observers: How Turkish troops watch Syrians’ slaughter up close

Sadek Abdul Rahman 29 January 2020

While Assad regime forces and their Russian allies continued their war of displacement in the countrysides of Idlib and Aleppo last week, reports

Saving the Syrian pound: Mission Impossible

Qasem Albasri 12 December 2019

The Syrian regime has taken various ad hoc measures in the past two months to control the value of the Syrian pound (SYP)

Army of scam

Orwa Khalife 9 December 2019

[Editor’s note: Last week, a former spokesman of the Syrian “Army of Islam” militia was arrested in Marseilles, France, on war crimes charges.

The Syrian-Turkish border: The closed open door

Muhammad Jalal 26 December 2018

Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising and the ensuing militarization and bombardment by the Bashar al-Assad regime, large numbers of Syrians have

In Homs, “re-embracing the homeland”

Mona Rafea 19 December 2018

[Editor’s note: This article was produced as part of Al-Jumhuriya’s Fellowship for Young Writers. It was originally published in Arabic on 19 December,

The looting years

Rafya Salamah 9 August 2018

[Editor’s note: The below article was produced as part of Al-Jumhuriya’s 2017 Fellowship for Young Writers. It was originally published in Arabic on

Espero Café: Our space that fell apart

Mohammed Nabhan 11 May 2018

[Editor’s note: The below article was produced as part of Al-Jumhuriya’s 2017 Fellowship for Young Writers. It was originally published in Arabic on

Working with NGOs in Damascus: The escape from helplessness

Bisan Al-Saeed 28 March 2018

[Editor’s note: This article was produced as part of Al-Jumhuriya’s 2017 Fellowship for Young Writers. It was originally published in Arabic on 29

The Genealogy of ISIS

Yassin Al-Haj Saleh 12 February 2016

Even though the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or Da’esh) emerged in Syria in 2013, its structure can be traced back