Syria Deeply – December 05, 2012 As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and a Syrian university student. She’s from a conservative Sunni family in Aleppo. She hopes to leave the country, but first had to get a passport from her family’s registered home address in...
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Syria Update, December 12, 2012
Syria Update December 11, 2012. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 62 Yesterday’s Death toll: 262 killed (al-Arabiyya) 163 killed (LCC) Scud missiles were fired from Damascus province into the north of the country according to two unnamed US officials: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/official-syria-fires-scud-missiles-at-insurgents-in-the-north/2012/12/12/8774e50c-448a-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html Syrians are dying from lack of...
The Bride Price of Syria’s Refugees
Syria Deeply – Karen Leigh and Mohammed Sergie – December 05, 2012 As thousands of families flee their homes and face the hardship of refugee life, fears are mounting that desperate families will hastily force their daughters into marriage. Difficult conditions for refugees inside Syria living along the Turkish border. We haven’t seen evidence that it’s a widespread...
Conversations: Scene from a Checkpoint
Syria Deeply – December 07, 2012 As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between News Deeply and a 30-year-old businessman. He is an Armenian from Aleppo who refuses to leave his home, no matter how bad the fighting gets. We asked him to share some of his experiences of...
Seattle Human Rights Award Recipient: Rita Zawaideh
Rita Zawaideh had been selected to receive the Seattle Human Rights Award and invites you to join her at the awards event on December 13. See details below.
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