Explore the challenges of food sovereignty in Syria's arid landscapes and the impact of conflict on local farmers.

Suwayda has established a temporary office to run the province independently from the central government, while activists ...

Philippe Pernot is a freelance journalist based between Lebanon and Syria. He mostly covers the region's environment and conflict nexus for international media such as Reporterre (France) and the ...

Marine Caleb is a freelance journalist based in Marseille, covering the Mediterranean region. She specializes in migration, minorities and women's rights, and writes for media outlets around the world ...

Syria’s worst drought in decades has wiped out rain-fed crops and diminished yields across the country, devastating farmers and raising the risk of food shortages.

After years of violations, HTS aims to adopt a new policy of openness towards Idlib’s minorities, returning some seized properties and encouraging Christians and Druze to return. Still, discrimination ...

Twelve years after the Syrian revolution began, formal opposition political and service institutions are wholly reliant on Turkey, impacting service provision and governance in the areas they ...

As Turkish-backed Syrian National Army factions merge and pick sides, a map of the SNA’s near future and its components’ relations with Ankara takes shape.

Women’s presence and role over the past decade reflect the course of the revolution: the militarization, emergence of separated areas controlled by different international, regional and local actors, ...

As pressure on Syrians in Lebanon grows, Palestinian refugee camps have become a haven for refugees seeking lower rents and relative safety from eviction, street violence and the threat of deportation ...

After two days of bloodshed that killed hundreds, Syria’s Ministry of Defense halted military operations on the coast against forces loyal to the deposed Assad regime on Saturday pending the removal ...

It took years for Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri to move from outward support for the Assad regime to cautious criticism and finally open opposition. With the new authorities in ...