Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplane hovers and drops its destructive load. Houses get destroyed and buildings fall. People get killed and injured. Others lose their limbs. Every day this horrific scene is repeated and perhaps every hour in Ghouta of Damascus. As...

Syrian student Ali Khaled Stouf has to walk down several steps into a hole in the ground to get inside his school -- a cave. There for four hours each morning, he studies subjects like Arabic, English, maths and religion, sitting on a rug with dozens of children in the underground space in...

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a girl growing up in Syria, Om Khaled had little say in her own destiny, married at 14 to a man chosen by her father and unable to leave her home alone. But her life has changed dramatically since her country plunged into civil war four years ago, with Om...

By Abdul Hafiz Holani; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kibbeh is not included in the daily dishes which Syrians used to eat before the revolution, because it is high expense and the requires large amount of time to prepare. On the contrary, it is a dish that is associated with major...

Reporting by Omar al-Sheikh Ahmed; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- Coinciding with the relative stability in the liberated regions of southern Syria and halt of battles there, some voluntary activities are taking place in liberated Daraa province. Activities address people’s lives and...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- “Lighters’ service” a new vocation has been inspired in the besieged town of Moadamiyat al-Sham, which has a good financial return. Adnan, 22, a young man from Moadamiyat al-Sham, has found a new vocation inspired from the severe siege imposed over the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Obaid, a Christian man announced his adoption to Islam in the beginning of the Syrian revolution, to share people in his village of Qusayr, the trip of suffering which has started with losing everything, then displacement ending up as a refugee...

  Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Sheikh of Mojahidin and leader of Omar al-Mokhtar brigade died at 86 years of age, sadly in his bed before witnessing the victory he dreamed to see . Haj Hassan Laila has formed Brigade of Omar al-Mokhtar in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The policy of genocide adopted by the Syrian regime and its key ally Russia led to run out of shrouds and body bags and transfer in Aleppo province. It even led to run out of graves to bury the victims, according to the Sharia Medical Board in Aleppo. Supporters of the...

Reporting by Ammar al-Bakkour; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- In the light of the increasing loss in Syrian regime military force following 5 years of outbreak of the Syrian revolution, the Assad regime restored to implementing what is called a settlement on the detainees in Adra...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- In their camps of refuge, Syrians are attentive to observe the month of Ramadan and celebrate it despite the difficulties they are living, their inability to gather around the iftar and suhoor tables, enjoy the pleasure of...

Reporting by Omar al-Sheikh Mohamed; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- For the fifth year in a row, mother’s day passes in Syria without any signs of happiness, it passes filled with memories, that once gathered mothers with their children. For the fifth year mother’s day passes filled with...

Writing by Fuad Abdul Aziz; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- At the first glance, the scene seems strange, men and women who have passed fifty years of age and who have adult children are sitting in language classes to learn the language of the European country they have chosen to live in,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Cafes and restaurants have become busier with Syrians in Gaziantep, and the reason is not for fun or wasting time, they are an alternative to reception rooms which most Syrians' rented houses lack in Gaziantep. Bader Alio, a teacher from Aleppo, rarely...

Reporting by Mustafa mohamed; Transaltion by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- Khaled al-Abed, 40-year-old, works in washing dishes in one of the Syrian restaurants in Gaziantep except that the restaurant owner’s relative’s arrival lost him the job he was supporting his family with, after that relative...

Writing by Mohamed Kassah; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Syrian people who live in besieged areas are suffer huge amount of pressure and stress that have turned into social and family arguments reach to the level of complete break up in relationships. There are uncountable stories to...

Writing by Omar Sheikh Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Since the beginning of Syrian revolution in March 2011, the Damascus regime has adopted a policy to punish liberated areas by all economic and social means. The regime prevented essential goods from entering besieged and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Wednesday 25 May is the 4th anniversary for the al-Houla massacre that shook world opinion in which over 115 civilians were killed mostly women and children. They were killed with the bullets and knives of the regime forces and the sectarian militias that are subordinate to it,...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- It could be the first time in which both the regime loyalists and opposition agree on one issue, as both sides had fed up of unacceptable and provoking acts of Shbiha in the coastal city of Latakia. “I wish they go to fronts and get killed by...

(EQTSAD)- Here is Homs city which was and still is the capital of the Syrian revolution in the eyes and minds of the revolutionaries after years of destruction and theft by the hands of its executioners who attempted to hide its milestones to punish it for uprising. Today, the one who tried to...