Alessandra Bajec is a freelance journalist specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. Her work has appeared in The New Arab, Al Jazeera English and The New Humanitarian, among other places.

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

The success of transitional justice is measured not by the measures taken, but by the extent to which they can achieve ...

With the war over, Syrians face a new struggle: addressing past harms and building a peaceful future together. With ...

With the war over, Syrians face a new struggle: addressing past harms and building a peaceful future together. With everything at stake, civil peace and transitional justice are both essential and ...

The Zaatari refugee camp’s bustling economy ground to a halt when the Assad regime fell. Local shopkeepers say the value of their businesses has collapsed as residents uncertain about their future in ...

Naser al-Hariri, the then-President of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) (center, in brown suit) and the President of the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) (center, with red tie) inaugurate the local ...

PARIS/IDLIB — “Every moment, we dream of returning home. We hope our stay in the camp will be temporary, not permanent,” Mazen al-Wared began. When he first arrived in this displacement camp 11 years ...

After ‘Operation Peace Spring,’ over 11,000 Syrians fled to Bardarash refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Only 3,500 remain; why?

Following months of investigation into accusations of abuses and violations by Abu Amsha—a Turkish-backed opposition commander—an investigative committee recommended he be dismissed. Local faction ...

DAMASCUS — The day after the regime fell, Farouq al-Hussami got to work. Joining a group of other young men and women, he cleared garbage and torn pictures of ousted President Bashar al-Assad from the ...

Most of Daraa’s cities and towns have no police stations nearly six years after returning to Damascus’ control. Where police are present, they have limited powers or work under the watchful eyes of ...