GHOUTA, Damascus Province – The long road is riddled with obstacles and mines. Only luck determines whether a person crosses it safely. This dark road is lit only by faith and the shattered remains of dreams. For three days, news about the road dwarfed everything else. The road opened its arms, and the bodies of …
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About ISIL and the Revolution Abducted Doctor
Translated by Aisha Barazi Damascus - up until now, the destiny and whereabouts of the young Dr. Ahmad Saleem AlBiqaei, AKA Ahmad the Free, remains unknown since the day he was abducted on November 4th, 2013 in one of the liberated areas of Eastern Ghouta. Ahmad was one of the pioneering doctors who joined the …
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The Resistance is Consumed by Waiting
Ghouta, Damascus Province – I was destined to experience the siege with a friend of mine who spent many years in prison. Hardly an event goes by without her comparing the siege to prison, saying that the two experiences are greatly similar in more ways than one. In both instances, you are confined to a …
Aid and Intimidation
The Syrian regime makes it difficult for relief organizations to deliver aid to those who need it most In Syria, when a regime official calls the local Red Crescent chapter and asks for food rations, local aid workers can not deny this request even if it is taken from the people’s share. They have no …
Why the West is Wrong on Syria
Why does the West insist on dealing with our dead and injured as if they were less valuable than a Westerner – and as if our casualties don’t even deserve respect or compassion? After the chemical massacre in Syria’s two Ghoutas, we believed that the world would, at last, take our interests into account in …
Rebels Should Not Become “Mercenaries in Non-National Projects”
Despite the obstacles to accessing information on military support for Syrian rebels, what has emerged so far is enough to determine that the international community and some Arab states are seeking to weaken the Free Syrian Army and its various brigades, which are moved by a purely national project, in favor of al-Qaeda supporters or …
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Death in Damascus
For most Syrians, the coming of winter and Scud missiles crossing the skies from one city to another enlist the same horror, as houses exposed to daily shelling no longer have any windows. And, whatever glass was not shattered by shrapnel has been removed by its owners to avoid further destruction. Electricity is a bygone …
Cheating Death in Syria
Escaping hell: Lt. Col. Abu al-Mawt's detention center Out of all the stories and horrors documented within the course of my legal work, “Escape from hell” – with its five heroes and the monster figure of Lt. Col. Abu al-Mawt (literally, the father of death), who supervised the torture and execution of fellow detainees – …
An Urgent Call to Support Eastern Ghouta Area
Translated by Aisha Barazi words in the photo read "we are hungry very hungry" There is no area in Syria, liberated, besieged or conflict areas with the regime’s forces, that does not need aids in all means and aspects. My words are not, in any way, aiming to distract the very little attention given to …
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Looking For Beloved Ones Among Faces in Mass Carnages
Translated by Aisha Barazi Looking For Beloved Ones Among Faces in Mass CarnagesBodies were lined up next to each other in the long dark allies!Damascus/ Ghouta Trying to slowly recall the details of that day, I should blast crying and yelling as supposed to by a “normal” person. I am terrified by the numbness I’m …
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Razan Zaitouneh: The Unfinished Work 