Syria Crisis

Falafel Stands and Beauty Salons: Creating Glimpses of a Normal Life in the Domiz Refugee Camp

Wendy Bruere | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK
Wendy Bruere

This past week I've had the chance to meet and talk with a lot of people in Domiz camp. Adults at the camp are rarely as blunt as the kids, and nearly always tell me things are okay, and services are alright.

Syria's Lost Generation

Ben Acheson | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Politics
Ben Acheson

War still rages in Syria - a fact that we are too quick to forget. The second birthday of the crisis has long passed and resolution doesn't appear to be on the horizon. When Syria-related news does reach our media outlets and Twitter feeds, it usually focuses on chemical weapons or possible intervention by the US. There is little talk of the abhorrent humanitarian crisis, which deteriorates daily.

Syria Field Diary: Lighting Up Candles for Children in the Middle of Darkness

Kinan Madi | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK
Kinan Madi

I joined Unicef after about six months of working with the NGO. Being in Unicef gives me the chance to stay in my country, keep a job, and help vulnerable children at the same time. Life here does get lonely sometimes, with my family and friends out of the country. Everyone goes home before sunset and prefers to stay indoors for safety, which leaves no room for social life after work. I go home in the evening and continue working. Power supply is erratic, and water is available only every few days, and only for a few hours.

'Syrian Forces Have Used Sarin Gas On Rebels'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK

Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons against rebel fighters, the Israeli military's top intelligence analyst has claimed. Brigadier...

'Highly Probable' Chemical Weapons Used In Syria

Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

It is "highly probably" chemical weapons have been used in Syria, a US intelligence official has said, echoing the words of a senior Israeli who also ...

Syria Two Years On: The Refugee Situation Is Spiralling Out of Control

Richard C.W. Miller | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Politics
Richard C.W. Miller

As I write this I am in Jordan and it is clear to me that the situation is spiralling out of control at a staggering speed. In December, 3,000 people were leaving Syria each day but, just three months later, this number has risen to 8,000 people every day.

Syria Is Bleeding - March for Freedom

Hassan Walid | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Hassan Walid

I helped organise the march last year to mark the first anniversary of the Syrian Revolution. Now I am helping to organise the march to mark its second anniversary. I don't want to be organising the third March! We need action now.

'Hunger, Homelessness And Terror Have Replaced School'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

As many as two million children have had their lives torn apart by the bloody conflict in Syria as the fighting enters its third year with no end in s...

Homemade in Lattakia: Behind the Scenes of the FSA Brigades in Lattakia

Tam Hussein | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Politics
Tam Hussein

I met an injured soldier in Yamadiya hospital with bits of shrapnel stuck on his face who displayed this extraordinary morale, saying, "May God heal me quickly so that I can return to fight that oppressor." The doctor did not seem very optimistic about his recovery.

'Forgotten Victims'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

Women and girls risk becoming the "forgotten victims" of the Syrian crisis, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has said, as the numb...

Western Military Intervention in Syria Would Be a Disaster

John Wight | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Politics
John Wight

As the hell of Syria's ongoing and increasingly intractable internal conflict continues to play out, the announcement by newly installed US Secretary of State John Kerry that the US is to step up its support for the Syrian opposition with $60 million in 'non-military' aid should leave nobody in any doubt that the day of western military intervention in the conflict fast approaches.

Syria Rebels Reject Talks, Slam West's 'Shameful Silence'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.02.2013 | UK

Britain has urged the Syrian opposition not to give up on talks that could help end the terror in the country, after the rebels representative said th...

Assad Accuses Israel Of Trying To 'Destabilise' Syria

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK

President, Bashar al-Assad, has accused Israel of trying to "destabilise" Syria as he continues to fight a 22 month-long popular uprising in which at ...

Ashes of Hama: A Key Insight Into the Current Conflict

Tam Hussein | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Politics
Tam Hussein

For several weeks in February 1982, Assad's forces crushed a revolt lead by a splinter group of the Muslim Brotherhood. In twenty one days the regime killed an estimated 40, 000 lives. Raphaёl Lefèvre's Ashes of Hama tries to understand its significance and suggests that the current uprising must be viewed through the prism of this massacre.

The 'Sound of Survival' for Syria's Refugees

Jonathan N. Miller | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK
Jonathan N. Miller

The gunfire started up. It was alarmingly close-by; but it took a moment to realise it was actually aimed at us. Bullets whistled low over our heads. The Jordanian soldiers broke into a run and hustled us behind some freshly bulldozed earth berms, then down, to their barracks - a right-angle of white shipping containers. Body armour, helmets: on.

Syria Complains To UN Over Alleged Israeli Strike

Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

Syria has made an official complaint to the United Nations over an alleged Israeli airstrike on the border it shares with Lebanon. A US official t...

The Week That Was: Out in the Cold

Carla Buzasi | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Carla Buzasi

As the nation's weather men and women garner larger audiences than usual this weekend with the population gripped by forecasts of snow and ice, this week saw a harsh reminder of the impact of cold weather for those targeted by civil war. Give it a few days, and no doubt the caterwauling will start as trains get cancelled and roads blocked around the country. For Syria's refugees, transport delays are the least of their problems.

'We Have Fiddled At The Edges While Syria Burns'

Posted 02.01.2013 | UK

At least 60,000 have been killed during Syria's brutal conflict, a "truly shocking" number, the United Nations said on Wednesday UN Human Rights Co...

Social Media Soldiers in Syria: How the West Should Help

Tam Hussein | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Politics
Tam Hussein

Abu'l Huda and other social media activists are mini information hubs that undermine the propaganda of the regime. His broadcasts on YouTube and Facebook is a ticker tape of the tragic story of Syria that has claimed over 40,000 lives.

Chronicle of a Downfall Foretold: Syria After Assad

Andrew Gawthorpe | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK Politics
Andrew Gawthorpe

With Syria's cash reserves dwindling and its armed forces ceding more and more territory to the rebels, nothing could be more certain today than the inevitable downfall of Assad. However cathartic that moment may be, it is unfortunately unlikely to mark the end of the Syrian civil war.

Games, War and News: Why We Made a Game About the War in Syria (in Two Weeks)

Tomas Rawlings | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK Tech
Tomas Rawlings

If games can turn war into entertainment, then why could they not also help us to understand it? I've had to think a lot about the relationship between games and war, as we decided to make a new game, not about annoyed birds or farms or words or friends but a game about the war in Syria.

Syria: Teens Living in the Conflict Zone

Penny Sims | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK
Penny Sims

Caught at a stage in their lives when they should be concentrating on their studies and having fun with their friends, many Syrian teenagers are now in a position where they have to take on serious responsibilities, yet lack the autonomy of adulthood.

British Troops 'Could Be Deployed In Syria'

PA | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK

British troops could be deployed to intervene in Syria in the event of a major humanitarian crisis, the head of the armed forces said today. Genera...

Syrian Fighter Jets Target Damascus As Death Toll Hits 36,000

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK

Syrian fighter jets have struck suburbs in Damascus for the first time during the 19-month conflict, which has now left 36,000 people dead, according ...

Syrian Air Force General 'Shot Dead By Rebels'

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK

A senior Syrian Air Force general has been shot dead by rebels in Damascus, state television has reported. General Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi was ...