Rana al-Ahmde

Rana al-Ahmde is a Syrian journalist and civil activist who has worked for relief organizations and as a correspondent for local newspapers including Vedeng News, Shafaq News and Al-Ittihad Press.

Syria | Apr 24, 2020

Syrian Kurds investigate fate of detained, kidnapped

Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have launched an initiative to determine what has happened to the forcibly disappeared and those detained by the various parties to the conflict in Syria.

One of the two top political leaders of the Syrian Kurdish alliance and co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council Ilham Ahmed delivers a speech during a press-conference, in Paris, on December 21, 2018. - Two top political leaders of the Syrian Kurdish alliance battling the Islamic State group visit Paris for talks on the planned US military withdrawal from Syria, an alliance representative said. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria | Apr 16, 2020

Syrian Kurds designate graves for those who die abroad

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in Syria is burying any residents who die abroad in designated graves near border crossings.

Syria | Apr 3, 2020

Assyrian new year canceled in Syria amid fear of coronavirus outbreak

Syriac and Assyrian authorities suspended New Year festivities and called on people not to gather for celebrations.

A general view shows a church in the Assyrian village of Abu Tina, which was recently captured by Islamic State fighters, February 25, 2015. Kurdish militia pressed an offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group. The Assyrian Christians were taken from villages near the town of Tel Tamr, some 20 km (12 miles) to the northwest of the city of Hasaka. There has been no word o

Syria | Mar 26, 2020

Turkey appears to want more than Syria’s oil

Like Moscow and Washington, Ankara seems to be coveting the oilfields of Deir ez-Zor in Syrian Kurdistan, which Kurds fear would give Turkey an opening to take over the entire Rojava area.

Pump jacks operate in an oil field in the countryside of al-Qahtaniyah town in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on March 11, 2020. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria | Mar 20, 2020

Syrian Kurdish officials setting up court to try foreign IS fighters

As European countries have failed to try their nationals from among Islamic State (IS) members detained by Syrian Kurds, Kurdish authorities intend to establish a special court to try them.

Syria | Mar 13, 2020

Northeast Syrian airwaves home to radio tower of Babel

Multicultural northeastern Syria boasts a plethora of multilingual radio stations.

Syria | Feb 20, 2020

Will Manbij fighters heed the call to return home?

The Manbij Military Council has called on rebel fighters from Manbij to desert their militias and return to their cities and villages.

The Manbij Military Council members are seen during a news conference in Manbij, Syria June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC119372D1F0

Syria | Feb 13, 2020

Displaced yet again, Syrians flee Idlib for Manbij

With intense shelling and catastrophic conditions in Idlib province, the Syrian Democratic Forces are welcoming refugees into areas they control to the east around Manbij.

Syria | Feb 13, 2020

Raqqa seeks to repair what IS ruined

The Religious Affairs Foundation in Raqqa held its first Islamic forum as part of efforts to correct the religious concepts that the Islamic State misinterpreted and practiced, in an attempt to bridge the gap that IS created among the Syrian communities.

Syria | Feb 5, 2020

How local activists are reviving life in Raqqa

Three years after Raqqa was liberated from the Islamic State, civil society organizations have launched a campaign to revive the city’s cultural and popular aspects.

Rana al-Ahmde

Syrian Kurds investigate fate of detained, kidnapped

Syrian Kurds designate graves for those who die abroad

Assyrian new year canceled in Syria amid fear of coronavirus outbreak

Turkey appears to want more than Syria’s oil

Syrian Kurdish officials setting up court to try foreign IS fighters

Northeast Syrian airwaves home to radio tower of Babel

Will Manbij fighters heed the call to return home?

Displaced yet again, Syrians flee Idlib for Manbij

Raqqa seeks to repair what IS ruined

How local activists are reviving life in Raqqa

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Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides

Rana al-Ahmde

Syrian Kurds investigate fate of detained, kidnapped

Syrian Kurds designate graves for those who die abroad

Assyrian new year canceled in Syria amid fear of coronavirus outbreak

Turkey appears to want more than Syria’s oil

Syrian Kurdish officials setting up court to try foreign IS fighters

Northeast Syrian airwaves home to radio tower of Babel

Will Manbij fighters heed the call to return home?

Displaced yet again, Syrians flee Idlib for Manbij

Raqqa seeks to repair what IS ruined

How local activists are reviving life in Raqqa

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Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides