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Syrians in Turkey: The Human Smuggler and the Young Refugee

(New York Times)- Abu Mohammed is bored. He estimates that two years ago he earned more than $800,000 from smuggling thousands of migrants into Turkey from Greece. He rented an office in Aksaray, an area of Istanbul popular with Syrians, to serve as his headquarters. At one point, he had more...

Revolution's anniversary has no taste in eastern Syria

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- No celebrations reported by the sixth anniversary of the Syrian revolution in eastern Syria since the oil-and-ethnic rich region has been turned into a battering battleground between regime forces, Kurdish militias and ISIS and turned into The Revolution's flag...

Former Detainee Recounts Daily Hell in Regime’s Basements

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Inside a cold and dark cell in Homs’ Central Prison, the time had been frozen for four years and a half years for Hani al-Homsi (a pseudonym). Al-Homsi was moved around between different military intelligence branches, but spent the longest duration in Saydnaya prison (18...