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Syria reporters start Spain’s first refugee-led news site 147 MADRID, April 15, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Before arriving in Madrid, Muhammed, Ayham, Okba and Moussa honed their skills as journalists during Syria’s bloody civil war and now they have opened Spain’s first refugee-led digital magazine. Launched on April 7, Baynana is an innovative online ‘magazine’ whose Arabic name means “Between us”. All four are originally from the southern Syrian city of Deraa, birthplace of the 2011 re...

Honouring Condescending Scepticism Its the wrong time for the Goethe Prize winner Adonis to be criticizing the protests in his homeland, writes Stefan Weidner, Adoniss German translator, in his commentary The Syrian poet Adonis, born near the coastal town of Latakia in 1930, has received this years Goethe Prize at a ceremony in Frankfurt, a German literary award of high prestige. The award ceremony went ahead in spite of protests in the Arab world over statements hes been making about the si...

The Syrian government finally kicked off its vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus in the war-torn country last week. Al Jazeera learned through reliable sources that Bashar al-Assad’s government received 5,000 doses from a country it refused to name and simply described as “friendly”. The first jabs were given to front-line health workers spread across several main hospitals in the country. But many in government-controlled and rebel-held areas are worried they might be lef...

Torture, forced disappearance, displacement, chemical attacks, butchery, loss of lives and limbs, death of family and friends, mass murder: the Syrian people have been through it all in the last 10 years. It all started with protests on March 15, 2011 triggered by a graffiti on a school wall in the southern province of Deraa, which read: "Its your turn now, doctor!" It was written by some students who were clearly not happy with the state of affairs under the leadership of Syrian President Bash...

4 minute read An AFP reporter hits the ground as a Syrian soldier runs past during snipper fire in the town of Maalula, Syria, 18 September 2013, ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images On the tenth anniversary of the anti-government uprising that began Syrias civil war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) evaluates this wars devastating impact on the countrys media and journalists, of whom hundreds have been killed and at least another hundred have disappeared or have fled abroad. This...

SHARE It has been 10 years since the start of the war in Syria, but the conflict grinds on with little sign of ending. Even if the regime of Bashar Al Assad, who has often portrayed himself as a bastion of resistance against the imperialist West, manages to retake Idlib province – the last stronghold of Syrias rebels – the country is now in ruins and bogged down in economic misery. More than 300,000 people have died and 11 million have been displaced. Many other casualties remain undocument...

The brutal conflict that has enveloped Syria has endured longer than both world wars combined, the UNs special envoy for the country noted on Monday on the civil wars 10-year anniversary, Anadolu...

A free Syria can only exist without Assad The renowned Syrian composer Malek Jandali has composed a hymn to the Syrian revolution. In an interview with Falah Elias, he comments on the situation in his homeland and explains why he has no fear of a confessional conflict after the Assad regime has gone Mr Jandali, what is your experience of the current situation in Syria? Malek Jandali: Looking at current events in the wake of the Arab Spring and the Syrian revolution against the Assad regime, we ...

A decade of war has torn through the lives of millions of innocent Syrians. From the moment security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the city of Deraa, the deadly conflict between Bashar al-Assad’s regime and rebel fighters has been ceaseless, and has drawn in world powers to the conflict. On the 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict in mid-March 2011, we reflect on the scale of devastation. 387,100 - The number of...

The Tablet March 15, 2021 By Elise Ann Allen ROME (Crux) — Ten years after Syria’s bloody civil war began, most of the fighting is now over. Yet the country is now facing a massive economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in which rampant poverty is the next major battle it faces. Referring to the March 15 anniversary of the start of the Syrian civil war, Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus address said the decade-long conflict “has caused one of the greatest humanitarian catastrop...