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Children play in Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque at sunset on Eid al-Adha in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, on June 6, 2025.

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Syria’s Reconstruction Risks Cutting Out the Syrian People

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 21: Ahmed Muhammad Al-Nawa (L) is greeted by a neighbourhood friend after returning home from Lebanon to his family’s home in the village of Harran for the first time in 10-years on December 21, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. 36-year-old Ahmed, was imprisoned and tortured by the regime for a year and half in the Mezzah Military Prison in 2012-2013, after his release, his wife and daughter were displaced from their home in the village of Harran, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, during the Assad regime’s siege of the region in 2014. They fled to Lebanon where they have been living in a tent in the Hosh Al-Hareem camp for the past 10-years. Ahmed’s mother Umm Marwan stayed behind in Syria due to a heart condition that stopped her from travelling. While living in Lebanon, Ahmed and his wife had four more children that were born in Lebanon and have never meet their grandmother, other relatives or seen the family home. After the fall of the regime Ahmed decided to return home bringing all his possessions from Lebanon and giving his mother the chance to meet her grandchildren face to face for the first time. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Lebanon and Syria’s Detainee Dilemma

SWEIDA, SYRIA - JULY 18: Bedouin fighters are seen on the streets of al-Mazraa village in Syria's southern Sweida governorate on July 18, 2025 in Sweida, Syria. Bedouins have travelled to Sweida from other governorates to help their brothers, as fighting flared up again between the Bedouin tribe and Druze sect in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda, as another ceasefire has collapsed a day after Syrian troops pulled out of the area. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images) Fighting has flared up again between the Bedouin tribe and Druze sect in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda, as another ceasefire has collapsed a day after Syrian troops pulled out of the area. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)

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A Catch-22 of Suspicion Imperils Syria’s Transition to Democracy

MASNAA, LEBANON - OCTOBER 5: People carry baggage around the crater from an Israeli air strike as they make their way across the border from Lebanon into Syria on October 5, 2024 in Masnaa, Lebanon. Israel continued airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs as its military announced a ground offensive in Lebanon, part of what it said would be a

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Home to Syria: Lebanon’s New Refugee Returns Plan

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JULY 16: A man addresses demonstrators during a rally against Israeli intervention in Syria on July 16, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. A rally was held in Damascus in support of Syria's interim government and to denounce Israel's intervention following recent clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze militia in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, or Suwayda. A spokesperson from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes targeted the headquarters of Syria's defence ministry and a site near the presidential palace in Damascus. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)

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Syria for Beginners: Five Sources to Follow

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MAY 28: A girl fils a water bottle to drink from a pipe spraying water near the site of a spring that has been used since roman times on May 28, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. The Barada Valley, the main water source for Damascus, is depleted this year after one of the driest winters in decades. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

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Syria’s Environmental Crisis Is Its Achilles Heel