On the first of August, 2016, a Russian helicopter crashed near Saraqib, in rural Idlib, resulting in the death of several Russian soldiers. The following night, there were reports of an attack using chlorine gas munitions against Saraqib, and a brutal aerial bombardment campaign which lasted for days and caused dozens of casualties, injuries, and widespread destruction in the city. Russia did not deny its…

How the Chemical Massacre Shaped Syrian Negotiations

A Cornucopia on Istanbul’s Golden Horn

I appeal for your solidarity in the name of all Syrians in Suwayda who are protesting against the Assad regime.

Around this time five years ago, the Turkish government announced the end of Operation Olive Branch in the Afrin district of northwest Syria. The operation resulted in Turkey and its local allies taking control of the area, and the Syrian Democratic Forces being forced out after intense battles that led to the displacement of over half of the Afrin population. More than 90% of those…

[Editor’s note: This article was first published in Arabic on 16 February 2023, calling upon the global feminist movement to meaningfully respond to the earthquake in Syria and Turkey.] For days after the earthquake, Syrians searched for their loved ones under the rubble of destroyed buildings, or in hospital halls that had been bombed in Syria during the war. Some searched in Turkey, where they could not…

The number of people killed and injured by the earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey at dawn today, Monday 6 February 2023, is still expected to rise. Emergency teams in both countries continue to reach more affected areas. The first earthquake, which struck south Turkey and northern Syria from its center in Kahramanmaraş, was at a magnitude of 7.8 and caused numerous human losses and…

In a two-day ceremony held in the New Palace’s “White Hall” in Stuttgart, Southwest Germany, Al-Jumhuriya received the 57th Theodor Heuss Medal for Special Democratic Commitment.Since 1964, the Theodor Heuss Foundation has celebrated the memory of the first German Federal President, Theodor Heuss, honoring individuals and institutions committed to defending democracy, freedom and human rights in Europe and the world.For the year 2022, the Foundation…

Having lived through unimaginable horrors over the past 11 years – including the loss of my five brothers to murder and enforced disappearance – I came to believe that nothing could shock me again or open the wounds that took so long to begin to heal. But as I write this, I realize that my wounds are far from being healed, and that the brutality…

The world must heed Syrian calls for justice