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Conversations: Life in Homs, Struggling Schools
As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and a young schoolteacher in Homs. When he’s not in the classroom, he volunteers for a relief...
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Live Streaming Syria: Bambuser’s Hans Eriksson
Social media and user-generated content have come to play a key role in how we see the Syria conflict – quite literally. One platform, Bambuser, has given us the ground view of raging battles,...
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The Interview: Malek Jandali
Renowned composer and pianist Malek Jandali grew up in Homs City and was one of the first Syrian creative artists to support the protests from abroad. Jandali’s parents were attacked by state security...
View ArticleOne on One: I Never Wear Armor
As part of our series of interviews with journalists covering the Syria crisis, we reached out to Al Jazeera’s Basma Atassi, a Syrian who has been reporting on the war in her home country. Here, she...
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Arts + Culture: The Destruction of al-Agha Restaurant
Syria Deeply contributor Abu Hatem tells managing editor Karen Leigh about his favorite Homs eatery, a symbol – even in its ruin – of Syria’s rich ethnic tapestry. Abu Hatem for Syria Deeply Al-Agha...
View ArticleThe Syrian Charnel House: Alleged Massacres of Sunni Families
In Syria today, President Bashar al-Assad’s forces stand accused of massacring Sunni families en masse. The more gruesome images and videos speak to a brutal campaign of sectarian cleansing that has...
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In Qusayr, the Gloves are Off
Tuesday marked the third consecutive day of a major offensive against Qusayr, located just across the border in Homs province. On Sunday, 28 elite Hezbollah fighters were killed and over 70 wounded in...
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One Year Trapped and Under Siege in Homs
Yazan Homsy is a university graduate trapped in the besieged area of Homs. He spends his days photographing daily life amid destruction and scavenging for food to share with his neighbors. With nowhere...
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The Conversation: In Homs, An Unusual Population Census
As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and a 24-year-old teacher and university student in Homs who wished to be identified only as “SA.” Last...
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Voices from Lebanon: Small Business Owner Hajj Bilal
Hajj Bilal, a 35-year-old small business owner from Tripoli, recalls Syrian refugees starting to pour into into this northern Lebanese city in large numbers just five months after the Syrian revolt...
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Family Left Jobless After Escaping from Homs to Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon / On a blistering summer night, three generations of a Syrian refugee family are watching the sunset through a bullet-pocked balcony door. Left jobless, family patriarch Abu Wael, 52,...
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Understanding the Regime Offensive in Homs
Assad regime troops have reportedly been bombarding residential areas of the strategically-located city of Homs since the beginning of June. The bombardment, which has sent thousands fleeing, comes on...
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Decoder: The Battle for Khaldiyeh
For weeks fighting has raged in the rebel stronghold of Khaldiyeh, a neighborhood in the city of Homs. Experts have cited Homs’ strategic importance (and Khaldiyeh’s position as the city’s last major...
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Christians Besieged in Homs, as Religious Lines Blur
The famous black stonework in Syria’s third city of Homs bears witness to the coexistence of Christians and Muslims over the ages. Nothing but ancient walls separate churches from mosques. Sometimes,...
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Syrian Slice of Life: A Citizen Journalist in Homs
The citizen journalist starts his day at dawn, waiting at one of Homs’ taller buildings (or what’s left of it) for the first explosion of the day. Once it happens he heads to the site, ignoring the...
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In Homs, Rebels and Civilians Forge New Bonds
In the rebel-held districts of Homs, bombardments and isolation reinforce the bond between civilian communities and Free Syrian Army battalions. A 15-month-long siege by the regime makes it necessary...
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In Homs, A Systematic Detruction of Schools
Yazan al-Homsy had almost completed his master’s degree when the Syrian revolution began. He would later become trapped in the besieged area of Homs, spending his days photographing daily life and...
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An Isolated Life in “The Island” District of Homs
Al-Waer is the largest district in Homs, home to tens of thousands of displaced people. Today, it is increasingly isolated from the rest of the city, surrounded by the army, island-like. Residents like...
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In Besieged Homs, Doctors Work in an Underground Hospital
Old Homs is nearing 500 days of a siege, with no supply route in or out. Medical equipment and supplies are nearly impossible to find. There are no alternatives for the medicine, be it for chronic...
View ArticleAn Oral History of Syria’s Citizen Journalism
From their earliest days posting videos to YouTube, a number of Syrians have made their name as citizen journalists, their work appearing across international media, their stories redefining what it...
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