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
Six children and four women among those killed in air strikes during noon prayers in rebel-held southern Idlib A girl killed in the air strikes is carried by a man believed to be her father or a close relative (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad in Ariha, Syria via Middle East Eye Published date: 28 May 2019 08:33 UTC As … Continue reading ‘PANIC AND FEAR’: CHILDREN AMONG DEAD AS SYRIAN JETS BOMB ARIHA
Obada Dabbas lived through some of the worst atrocities of Syria's eight-year war. Now in Idlib, he looks back on his experiences Rebel fighter Obada Dabbas in al-Dana, a town in Syria's Idlib province (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad in al-Dana, Syria via Middle East EyePublished date: 16 March 2019 10:15 UTC In the dusty backyard of a small … Continue reading PROTEST, TORTURE, SIEGE, DISPLACEMENT: THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION THROUGH A REBEL’S EYES