Syria

A woman weeps while talking on the phone near a residential building that was hit in an airstrike earlier in the day on March 30, 2026 in the west of Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Iran Conflict Shakes Syria

In this week’s update, read about how Syria’s fragile recovery is being impacted by the Iran war.

2 Apr 26

A woman looks on as residents and emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Iran War Threatens Syria’s Fragile Recovery

Regional escalations strain already acute economic, social and political tensions.

1 Apr 26

Syrian refugee women engaged in the information and communication technology training at a refugee camp in Jordan. © UN Women/Christopher Herwig

Syria: Be Exceptional, or Be Invisible

In Syria as elsewhere, women are granted dignity selectively.

5 Mar 26

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people. © Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images

Syria: After the Earthquake

The fall of the Assad regime reshaped the political landscape, but did not translate into immediate relief for disaster-affected communities.

6 Feb 26

A boy sits atop someone's shoulders as people celebrate the first anniversary of the overthrow of the Assad regime on December 8, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Syria: Joy and Sadness

In this week’s update, read about Syrian joy and sadness on the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.

12 Dec 25

People wave flags and take photographs as they celebrate the first anniversary of the overthrow of the Assad regime on in Umayyad Square December 8, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

“Was Syria Worth This Price?”

On the anniversary of the fall of the regime, our joy is mixed with bitterness and our laughter with tears.

12 Dec 25

Launch of the Syria Prisons Museum at the National Museum in Damascus, September 15, 2025. © Prisons Museum

Syria - From Silence to Memory

Read about the new Damascus museum memorialising the heartbreaking stories of those who suffered in the country’s prisons.

14 Nov 25

Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. © Stringer/Getty Images

The Iran-Israel War

Hear from voices across the region on the impact of the Israel-Iran crisis.

27 Jun 25

People visit a market in the city of Homs on January 22, 2025. Homs, the country’s third-largest city, has a mixed population of Sunni and Shia Muslims, Alawites and Christians and was heavily damaged in fighting over the years. © Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Once Again, Ordinary Syrians Suffer

The latest escalation between Israel and Iran stirs familiar and unsettling patterns of fear, uncertainty and helplessness.

26 Jun 25

A woman looks at pictures of the bodies of prisoners recovered from prisons around Damascus on 16 December 2024. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Seeking Justice in Post-Assad Syria

An international media collective documents the newly-exposed horrors of Syria's regime prisons.

6 Jun 25

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