Author: Harun al-Aswad

Whether through death and injury, or losing their education, children are paying a heavy toll amid mounting air strikes White Helmet rescuers remove Khaled from the rubble of his bedroom (YouTube screenshot) By Harun al-Aswad in Maarat al-Numan, Syria via Middle East Eye Published date: 28 June 2019 09:28 UTC  Four-year-old Khaled al-Bakour was trying to hide in his … Continue reading ‘KILLED IN THEIR CLASS SEATS’: CHILDREN BEAR BRUNT OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT BOMBING OF IDLIB →

Funerals are held across opposition-held Syria as the former goalkeeper and rebel is laid to rest in Idlib province's al-Dana A mural of slain rebel fighter Abd al-Basset al-Sarout in Binnish, Idlib province (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad in al-Dana, Syria via Middle East Eye Published date: 10 June 2019 16:53 UTC  Hundreds of Syrians flocked to a mosque … Continue reading SYRIANS MOURN ABD AL-BASSET AL-SAROUT, ‘THE REVOLUTION’S NIGHTINGALE’ →

Syrians have gathered at the borders with Turkey hoping at some point to push forward into Europe A young Syrian who fled shelling by government forces and their allies carries water in a jerrycan in an olive grove where displaced families took refuge, near the village of Aqrabat, on the border with Turkey (AFP) By Harun … Continue reading IDLIB’S OLIVE TREE GROVES BECOME CAMPS FOR DISPLACED AS BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES →

As Damascus advances, reporters and photographers find themselves working in impossible conditions A man evacuates a young bombing casualty after a reported air strike by regime forces and their allies in Maaret al-Numan, Idlib (AFP) By Harun al-Aswad in Idlib City, Syria via Middle East EyePublished date: 29 May 2019 09:10 UTC As Syrian government air strikes continue to … Continue reading BOMBED, BEATEN AND TRAPPED: SYRIAN JOURNALISTS SWEPT UP IN ASSAD’S IDLIB ASSAULT →