Given the many resolutions on Syria that have hit a brick wall at the U.N. Security Council, and the endless wrangling among Western leaders over how to end the calamitous two-year war, the April 22 decision by E.U. foreign …
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Aleppo: Scenes from a City of Ruins
Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi has been chronicling the Syrian civil war for months. The following pictures of his are from a few days in mid-April spent in the battle-scarred city of Aleppo. They include a glimpse of a …
No Exit: Syria’s War Through the Eyes of a Fighter on Both Sides
When Siraj heard the news earlier this month that al-Qaeda had embraced Jabhat al-Nusra, a jihadist group recognized in Syria for its discipline and fighting prowess, but deemed a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department, he …
Inside Aleppo: Why a Pacifist Teacher Keeps Going to School
Aleppo’s first trick of the day is to make it feel like a beautiful morning anywhere on earth. It is 8 o’clock in the morning and the feeble sunlight has not yet managed to dissolve the blanket of fog covering the city‚ the remnants of the night just passed. The sky is distant. And so are the airplanes. “If we don’t see the …
Syria’s Survival: Heads of U.N. Agencies Make Joint Plea to International Community
It takes a major crisis for the U.N.’s humanitarian agencies, often rivals, to speak with one voice. But the calamitous death and destruction in Syria prodded five chiefs of U.N. organizations to issue a desperate joint plea on …
Why Reports of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria May Never Be Confirmed
Updated April 13, 2013
One witness said he smelled chlorine. Another remembered the scent of rotting garbage. There were photos of dead farm animals in a yard, and video footage of survivors struggling to breathe. But of the …
WATCH LIVE: TIME Correspondent Rania Abouzeid Discusses Syria’s War
TIME’s Rania Abouzeid has been an intrepid chronicler of the war in Syria, journeying at great personal risk to the frontlines of the conflict to cover the rebel advances in ravaged locales like Idlib and the ancient, historic city of Aleppo. Following PBS’s airing of a special Frontline broadcast about the grueling civil war—”Syria …
In Syria, the Jihadist Campaign for Hearts and Minds
A TIME reporter accompanies an Islamist fighter out to smooth over any bad feelings over a raid
Will Syria’s Refugee Crisis Drain Jordan of Its Water?
Updated: April 6, 2013
Now that spring has arrived in the Middle East, Syria’s estimated 1.2 million refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan can hope for relief from the snow, the rain and the bitterly cold nights of winter. …
The Women Warriors of the Free Syrian Army
Emerging from the shadows of their secret command outpost in the war-torn city of Aleppo, these members of an all-female fighting unit posed for portraits.
Portrait of an Activist: Razan Ghazzawi, the Syrian Blogger Turned Exile
On July 18 Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian blogger and media activist, was in the city of Douma, 45 minutes outside the capital, when she received a call: Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters, dug in in the central Damascus neighborhood of …
Syria’s Civil War: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack
Reports on bombings in Syria these days have become routine. But when Mohammad Sabbagh, an industrialist from Aleppo, heard about the attack near his hometown on March 19, the details stopped him cold. Survivors and witnesses of …
In Syria, the Rebels Have Begun to Fight Among Themselves
Islamist rebels are blamed for an attack on the commander of a (relatively) secular brigade in eastern Syria