For volunteers not accepted onto the much-publicised evacuation deal, escaping to Idlib is a case of getting out of the frying pan and into the fire. A civil defence volunteer searches for survivors after a bombing raid in Idlib city (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad via Middle East EyePublished date: 31 July 2018 10:55 UTC IDLIB CITY, … Continue reading Daraa’s White Helmets: Far from safe and fleeing for northern Syria
Good homes and work opportunities are in short supply in northern Syria, to where thousands have fled from government assaults A man displaced from Ghouta looks out of his devastated home in Afrin. (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad via Middle East EyePublished date: 20 July 2018 07:51 UTC AFRIN, Syria - Standing in his home in northern Syria's … Continue reading Syrians displaced from Ghouta suffer in Afrin and long for home
As the southern province falls under Damascus' control, its residents accuse the opposition of giving up too easily. The photo Between 270,000 and 330,000 Syrians have fled hostilities in Daraa since 19 June, according to the UN (AFP) By Zouhir Al Shimale, Harun al-Aswad, Chloé Benoist Via Middle East Eye.Published date: 6 July 2018 19:15 UTC In Daraa province, … Continue reading ‘They failed us’: Daraa civilians slam rebels for relinquishing control
Syrian rebels blame Kurdish YPG for bombings in Turkish-controlled city that wounded women and children A military police officer checks a vehicle at the scene of a bombing in Syria's Afrin. (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad via Middle East EyePublished date: 27 June 2018 16:27 UTC AFRIN, Syria - Twin bombings killed at least nine people and wounded … Continue reading Twin blasts tear through Syria’s Afrin, killing at least nine
Rebel group Ahrar al-Sharqiya is trying to encourage more modest dress in the former Kurdish stronghold - and it's going down badly A sign in Syria's Afrin encourages women to take the veil. Translation: 'We are the Prophet's descendants. Our headscarf is a red line' (MEE/Harun al-Aswad) By Harun al-Aswad via Midlle East EyePublished date: 17 June … Continue reading Culture clash: Campaign in Syria’s Afrin tells women to cover up