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Innovative Syrian father brings Eid joy to his children

An inventive father in Syria’s southern Daraa province has found and repaired an amusement park ride destroyed by regime shelling so his children might enjoy the Eid al-Fitr holiday.  After finding the damaged ride in an abandoned, burnt-out amusement park near Daraa city, Abu...

Years after IS, Syrian Kurds rebuild Kobane alone

(AFP) - After giving up on getting help from Syrian Kurdish authorities, Ahmed Saleh relied on relatives abroad to repair his home in Kobane after it was heavily damaged in a battle against jihadists. Much of the border town along Syria's northern frontier with Turkey was left in ruins...

‘Cat man’ starts animal clinic in Syria

At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly. In a time of war, she is one of hundreds to have received medical attention at the makeshift animal clinic in...

Displaced from Ghouta, Syrians seek refuge in emptied Afrin

Displaced from her home in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, Umaima al-Sheikh and her family sought refuge in an abandoned house across the country in Afrin. The traditionally Kurdish town had been emptied of its residents just weeks earlier, after a brutal Turkish-led offensive forced tens of...