Kafa Jawish hadn't slept in days, daydreaming of seeing her home in east Aleppo for the first time in four years, but when she arrived she found little more than rubble. The 36-year-old was among hundreds of Syrians returning to east Aleppo in recent days after the army recaptured large...

(Eqtsad)- The Kurdish Self Administration forced big amount of tax on people and workshops’ owners, which pushed them to leave the northern city of Efrin near Aleppo city. “Running away from taxes which turned me into a “worker”, to them, I have left Efrin to Nile Street in Aleppo, as the...

 When war is constant, it can be easy to lose sight of how much a single death can matter. But the passing of one committed social worker will be especially devastating to his community in Aleppo. The 24-year-old Anas al-Basha was a center director at Space for Hope, one of many...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Faten Idris, 6-year-old, was born with paralysis because of lack of oxygen at birth and resulted in loss of speech, too. Due to war and destruction of her family home in al-Mubarakiye village in Homs southern countryside, the family was forced to flee to Lebanon 4 years ago....

(Eqtsad)- Mariam, 48, detailed difficulties she faced in finding a bed for her husband, Ahmed Wanso, 53, who had been suffering of  'cerebrovascular accident' (CVA), in hospital in a governmental hospital after having a stroke 4 weeks ago, but he is in recovery now. “Although the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Police forces of rebel-held Aleppo province have gained appreciation after being a respected guardian to people property and public facilities despite lack of funds and security challenges. Police of Liberated Aleppo has started working in the beginning of 2016, aiming to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed al-Darbo, 38-year-old, is preparing himself with 7 members of his family to leave Qamishli, Northern of Hasaka to Turkey, via a long illegal route at a cost of $2000, amid unprecedented soaring of food prices. "Moreover, we still suffer of the sugar crisis in towns and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abdo Saleh, a Psychologist graduated from the University of al-Baath in Homs at First rank 2002. However the war in Syria forced him to leave the country and live as a refugee in Lebanon, selling Gas Cylinders to cover the cost of living for his family. Abdo Saleh from the...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed Hamzat, young man from Yarmouk Camp of Palestinian refugee in Damascus, had been living in Sweden for two years, however, he managed to learn the Sweden language within 6 months and initiate a project about “the Language’s friend”, aims to bridge the gap...

(Eqtsad)- Ahmad, a pupil in the sixth grade, goes to his school every morning, but he returns home an hour later. When he is asked why he returned, he always says, “there are no teachers.” Ahmad’s was confirmed true by Ahed, pupil in the same grade but in a different school. Ahed and Ahmad are...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An eye-witness described the last moment of Omar Bakour’s life, our late Zaman al-wasl correspondent in Idlib, who passed away in regime air strikes on the village of al-Dana in Idlib countryside last Sunday. Abo al-Ola Amin, rebel fighter, told Zaman al-Wasl that he had seen...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- “Strangers in the jungle”, a documentary film produced by two refugees in France about the Syrian Refugees in the Calais camp at the boarders between France and England, before dismantling it September 2016. The film was produced by the Syrian director Tareq Hadad, with his...

(Eqtsad) Abu Stayef, a taxi driver in Idlib, believes that the profits from his profession were much higher before the start of the war in Syria.  Abu Stayef has been a taxi driver for 40 years, working in Idlib and Hama passing through Homs and each reaching the capital...

(ُEqtsad)- Om Mahmood is proud of herself for being able to support her family from her work in sewing and hand-craft, after joining the Woman centre in the camp of Atme on the Turkish border. Om Mamood is now able to earn SYP.40,000 from her work, which can cover the majority of her...

Reporting by Fazris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- The brutality of war, scenes of bombing and destruction did not affect the psyche of the triplets Sedra, Salam, and Sara Amran born in Damascus in 2005 and their brother Omar born in 2007. They have all managed to move away from the difficult...

Like many women, Huda dreads her menstrual period every month. But it isn't simply inconvenient or painful: She lives under siege near Syria's Damascus, without sanitary pads or even clean water. "When feminine products started to become rare in 2012, I had a really hard time," says the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime-held western neighborhoods of Aleppo has been empty of young men. Whoever visits the city can notice the phenomenon of women working in commercial stores, restaurants, and small workshops in contrary to what the city was like. The city which was known to be...

There weren’t any bombs today, or the day before. That’s good, because it means you can leave your apartment, see your friends, try to pretend life is normal. Still, you don’t know when the attacks will resume or how much worse they’ll be when they do. The war here has been going on for more...

(BBC)- A Finnish-Syrian man feted by the global media for smuggling toys into Syria has rejected fraud allegations. On Friday, Finnish police said they had launched a preliminary investigation into his use of donated money. Finnish media have published claims he withheld money, had links...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- New statistics by local relief organizations showed that almost 4000 people with disabilities,including 500 children and 700 amputation, are living in the besieged northern countryside of Homs city. Abo Mohsen, a father of a disabled young man, said that he had become...