Syria’s environmental challenges have been sidelined—overshadowed by more than 13 years of devastating conflict and instability—but delaying climate interventions is not an option, Haid Haid writes.

Jan 6, 2025 · The Zaatari refugee camp’s bustling economy ground to a halt when the Assad regime fell. Local shopkeepers say the value of their businesses has collapsed as residents uncertain about their future in Jordan save money and only buy necessities.

Jan 31, 2025 · Worsening housing crisis. With Assad’s fall, thousands of displaced people began to return to their cities and towns from northwestern Syria. Many were shocked to find that the end of the regime was not enough for them to return home, given the scale of destruction in communities such as Homs, East Aleppo and many towns in the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus—including Darayya.

3 days ago · PARIS — At least 15 people were killed and 18 injured—most of them women farmworkers—when a car bomb exploded Monday morning in Manbij, a city in eastern Aleppo province controlled by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) factions. The explosion took place just as a truck carrying workers to land on the outskirts

Jan 15, 2025 · MARSEILLE — Riding a wave of euphoria, thousands of displaced Syrians rushed home after the Assad regime fell nearly six weeks ago. Many found only ruins, their houses razed or heavily damaged and their communities lacking basic services.. The resources needed for Syrians to return home and rebuild are enormous after nearly 14 years of revolution and war.

Jan 3, 2025 · ERBIL — Omar Jamil (a pseudonym), 35, returned home with his wife, parents and five children on December 4 to his village in the Sherawa area of Syria’s northwestern Afrin countryside. He had been gone for around seven years, displaced in a neighboring village as his home, on the line of contact between

“سوريا على طول“ هي منظمة صحافية مستقلة، تُعنى بتغطية التطورات داخل سوريا، والأحداث المتعلقة بالسوريين في بلدان اللجوء والمهجر، استناداً إلى المعايير المهنية المثلى.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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 Deterring Aggression last November and the fall of the Assad regime 11 days later. Concerns for Syria’s minorities are largely rooted in a history of

Nov 19, 2024 · Syria is grappling with a relentless wave of climate disasters, from scorching heatwaves and raging wildfires to debilitating droughts and choking sandstorms.These crises, increasing in both frequency and intensity, underscore the country’s accelerating vulnerability to climate change. Yet, Syria’s environmental challenges have been sidelined, overshadowed by more than 13 years of ...

Oct 21, 2024 · PARIS — Stepping through the gates of the Aoun al-Dadat crossing into the opposition-held Aleppo countryside last week, Iman al-Muhammad and her six children began a new chapter. In her arms, the 35-year-old mother carried her son, who was injured by an Israeli bombing in Lebanon, the country that was her refuge for