"Radio Hakaya Podcast, episode 2: Abu Mohammed - from revolution to war"

Episode 2 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

"Radio Hakaya Podcast, episode 1: Um Saleh - life under ISIS"

The first episode of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

"Syria’s Only Path to Peace" - Ribal Al-Assad

Throughout Syria’s seven-year-old conflict, the West – like Russia – has consistently put its own strategic interests before those of the country’s peaceful majority. Syrians want genuine democracy and equality under the law; but that will not happen until the extremists are removed from the equation.

Livro recomendado: "A Travessia"

Samar Yazbek

Dia Internacional da Mulher - "The Women of Ghouta"

The real-life Scheherazade of the siege

Diaries of the Siege

"Wasta Rule" - Mohanad Hage Ali

The Islamic State’s governing system in Syria looks a great deal like that of the Assad regime.

"THE SYRIAN CAUSE AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM" - Yassin Al-Haj Saleh

In memory of Michel Seurat, our martyr.

I was in Istanbul for about ten days when I met a Turkish communist who explained to me that what was going on in Syria was nothing but an imperialist conspiracy against a progressive, anti-imperialist regime. The Turkish comrade’s talk contained no novel information or analytical spark that could suggest something useful about my country, and everything I tried to say seemed utterly useless. I was the Syrian who left his country for the first time at the age of fifty-two, only to be lectured about what was really happening there from someone who has probably only visited Syria a few times, if at all.

"Assad est-il réellement le moindre mal ?" - Anthony Samrani

Cartoon de Tom

Pourquoi les Occidentaux n'auraient rien à gagner à se rapprocher du régime syrien.

"What's Trump's plan for Syria? Five different policies in two weeks" - Spencer Ackerman

Until late last month, Donald Trump was fine with Bashar al-Assad remaining in power. Since then, his administration has struggled to articulate a clear plan

"Human Slaughterhouse: Amnesty International Says Up to 13,000 Hanged at Syrian Prison"

"The Year That Ended an Epoch?" - Javier Solana

As 2016 comes to an end, the outlook for 2017 is shrouded in uncertainty. Tensions in the Middle East are rising, and populist movements have appeared in Europe and the United States.

António Guterres - Brilhante discurso

"Syria’s Darkest Hour" - Javier Solana

The conflict in Syria becomes more complex every day that it continues, and the country’s prospects have gotten only worse. The daily horrors that Aleppo’s besieged citizens are now experiencing mark a new low point, following the collapse of the latest ceasefire, brokered by the United States and Russia, which disturbingly fell apart precisely at the same time that world leaders were gathered together for the United Nations General Assembly.

"A no-fly zone for Aleppo risks a war that could engulf us all" - Jonathan Steele

This humanitarian tactic worked in Iraq in 1991, but with Russia active over Syria today, attempts to police its airspace would risk a disastrous confrontation.

"HOW VIDEO GAMES ARE INFLUENCING WAR PROPAGANDA IN SYRIA" - Murtaza Hussain

The generation that grew up playing modern video games is now making media about war that reflects those influences, including in Syria, where militias are producing sophisticated propaganda films employing tropes from Western popular culture.

"END THE HORROR IN SYRIA'S TORTURE PRISONS"

Since 2011, thousands of people have died in custody in Syria’s brutal detention centres. Tens of thousands more have experienced shocking torture.

"Why ISIS Persists" - Jeffrey D. Sachs

Deadly terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Dhaka, and Baghdad demonstrate the murderous reach of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. The longer ISIS maintains its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, the longer its terrorist network will create such carnage. Yet ISIS is not especially difficult to defeat. The problem is that none of the states involved in Iraq and Syria, including the United States and its allies, has so far treated ISIS as its primary foe. It’s time they do.

"Leia este texto, por favor" - Helena Bento

A guerra matou 470 mil pessoas neste país nos últimos cinco anos. Repetimos: 470 mil pessoas. Insistimos: 470 mil pessoas. Há países com menos população que 470 mil. 

"Turkey: Border Guards Kill and Injure Asylum Seekers"

During March and April 2016, Turkish border guards used violence against Syrian asylum seekers and smugglers, killing five people, including a child, and seriously injuring 14 others, according to victims, witnesses, and Syrian locals interviewed by Human Rights Watch. Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Ministry maintains the country has an “open-door policy” for Syrian refugees, despite building a new border wall.

"The dangerous boat ride to Greece through the eyes of a Syrian refugee girl"