The siege of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, lasted five years and one week. Mohammed Hmeidan and his family survived. Here he recounts the final brutal onslaught by regime forces that...

Perspectives on the Russian soldiers in Al-Waer neighborhood, west of Homs, vary between welcoming them on the one hand, judging by their good treatment of residents compared to the regime’s...

The civilian population has been caught between the grim prospects of being displaced and uprooted, on the one hand, or remaining in a state of uncertainty, on the other, each...