Before the war, cotton picking in Syria was a season of joy and cooperation. Nowadays farmers are no longer able to feed themselves.

SyriaUntold brings you the latest edition of our digest. We want to share with you the news, features, investigative pieces and long-form essays that we're reading this week.

“You shall know them by their bags”—the words of this saying seem to ring true for Syrians, amid today’s economic crisis. Their shopping bags contain a little bit of everything,...