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A Safe Haven For Those Fleeing IS

Displaced people share hopes for their return home.
Idlib Hospitals on the Brink of Collapse

Medical facilities struggle to keep providing services.
Underage Girls Recruited to Kurdish Forces

Concerns that military forces are using child soldiers.
From Idlib to Aleppo

A journey filled with bribes and interrogations.
Divorced for Failing to Have Children

The brutal consequences of not meeting society's expectations.

The Rahma residential project. (Photo: Ahmad al-Salim)

Housing Syria's Displaced and Vulnerable

12 Sep 16

Newly-built villages in Idlib provide a fresh start.

A woman searches for her child among dead bodies in Aleppo. (Photo: Salah al-Ashqar)

A Day of Terror and Loss

10 Sep 16

When the regime attacks, tragedy is never far away.

The lone vehicle the forensic facility owns and uses to carry out its work. (Photo: Damascus Bureau)

Documenting Death in Aleppo

Omar Yusuf

23 Aug 16

A team of medical examiners have the grim task of recording the city's fatalities.

Trucks carrying Barada aid for distribution. (Photo: Razan al-Sayid)

Restoring Hope in Syria

23 Aug 16

The Barada organisation is helping improve the lives of displaced and poverty-stricken families.

Members of an FSLA documentation centre at work. (Photo: Sonia al-Ali)

Safeguarding the Rights of Syrian Citizens

23 Aug 16

Offices set up in opposition-held areas process civil, legal and family issues.

Delivering Hot Meals to Syria’s Homeless

16 Aug 16

A mobile kitchen helps people who have been displaced.

A woman carrying a child walks past Aleppo’s fire station. (Photo: Hussam Kuwaifatiyeh)

The News of Death Never Stops

Mona al-Mohammad

16 Aug 16

It's hard to look away when the violence seems endless.

Members of the Balad Syria Organization distributing aid in the Idlib area. (Photo: Najib Katba)

Syria: Empowering Vulnerable Communities

16 Aug 16

Filling the vacuum created by the collapse of government institutions.

Copper items and glassware. (Photo: Shafan Ibrahim)

Photo Essay

Qamishli's Museum of Kurdish Heritage

11 Aug 16

Collection is filled with dozens of antique items collected over two decades.

Women walk amidst the rubble of Aleppo’s al-Maadi neighbourhood. (Photo: Bara al-Halabi)

Dominated by the Colour Red

Mona al-Mohammad

9 Aug 16

The chronicle of a day drenched in blood.

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