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Regime and AANES conscription traps Syrians in Lebanon as thousands flee. Young Syrians returning from Lebanon to AANES-held northeastern Syria, like those heading for regime areas, face the threat of conscription for “self-defense duty.”.
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By Sawsan Jabbara, (Sawtna Training Program) | September 6, 2024. While some humanitarian organizations target informal displacement camps where 150,000 people have languished for years in Syria’s northern Raqqa province, the response falls short of what is needed, particularly for widows. 5 09, 2024.
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Sep 4, 2024 · By Salam Ali | August 12, 2024. Bombardment by Syrian regime forces and affiliated militias has killed and injured dozens of people in SDF-controlled villages and towns in Deir e-Zor since Iran-backed Arab tribal forces launched an attack on the eastern countryside six days ago. 8 08, 2024.
Renewed talk of US withdrawal rattles Syrians in the northeast
Feb 15, 2024 · Fears of a US withdrawal from northeastern Syria were renewed in late January, after Al-Monitor and Foreign Policy reported that Washington was considering withdrawing its troops from Syria. While the White House denied reports it intends to withdraw, that has not dispelled al-Zaim’s fears. Washington “betrayed us before,” he said, and ...
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Delays and exploitation: Passport crisis prevents Syrians from …
Aug 22, 2023 · The delay was the latest sign of a crisis that has beset Syria’s passport application and issuing system for more than two years, disrupting travel plans and opening the door for brokers to exploit those wishing to obtain passports to leave a country ravaged by war for more than 12 years. In 2021, Syria’s Minister of Interior Mohammad ...
Syrians lose WFP lifeline as US slashes funding - Syria Direct
Jan 16, 2024 · MARSEILLE — Millions of Syrians lost a lifeline this month, after the World Food Program (WFP) suspended all in-kind food assistance across Syria due to an unprecedented budget shortfall, owing in large part to drastic cuts in United States government funding, senior humanitarian sources told Syria Direct. The United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), through its Bureau of ...
‘Suicide drones’ threaten Syrian farmers’ lives and livelihoods
May 23, 2024 · The threat of drones has restricted farmers’ movement and limited their access to their land—from the Latakia countryside to the Sahl al-Ghab plain that straddles Hama and Idlib, all the way to the western Aleppo countryside. Farmers told Syria Direct their livelihoods have been destroyed. From the start of 2024 to April 16, more than 60 ...
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Mar 25, 2024 · By Habib Shehada | October 19, 2023. In al-Hajar al-Aswad, south of Damascus, buildings are steadily being demolished—regardless of whether they are structurally sound—with the rubble sold for profit under the eyes of regime forces. Some fear demolitions could be a precursor to expropriations under redevelopment plans.
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Damascus’ Decree 3 of 2023 provides tax exemptions and loans for those whose property was damaged or destroyed by the February 6 earthquake, but does not take into account displaced property owners and rights-holders or areas outside …