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Douma city runs out of space for the dead

Syrians in the opposition-held city of Douma are being forced to bury their dead in multi-layered graveyards as years of conflict make it impossible to plan new cemeteries. Douma, in southwestern Syria’s Rif Dimashq province, has run out of space for single graves. Now the local...

Syrian women discuss child marriage

(The Daily Star)- “When I got married I was still a kid, I used to ask my husband to bring me sweets,” 20-year-old Rima explained to the group of Syrian women sitting together in her neighbor’s home in north Lebanon. One of the other young women in the group gets up to close the heavy...

Syrian widows speak about their suffering as war continues

(Eqtsad)- One of the most tragic outcomes of Syria's war is the rising number of widows who lost their husbands  on the battlefields. Ahmed al-Ali, social expert explained: “there are many social and economical obstacles facing widows these days, one of them and the most important is...