By Jane Arraf An inmate who was imprisoned for 21 years in Syria’s notorious Sadnaya prison shows NPR’s Jane Arraf the concrete cells where he was held. Source:: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/22/nx-s1-5699324/i-stayed-in-this-room-for-over-a-year-and-a-half-former-inmate-at-syrias-sednaya-prison-returns
By Aarti Shahani Loubna Mrie grew up in Syria, where her father was allegedly an assassin for the regime. She joined the Syrian revolution first as a protester and then as a photojournalist. Her memoir is Defiance. Source:: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/nx-s1-5717011/a-photojournalist-details-her-rebellion-against-the-syrian-regime-and-her-father
By syzejna The Syrian army said on Saturday that it had searched the Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo, signalling that it had taken control of the area by force from Kurdish fighters after a temporary ceasefire failed to end days-long clashes. Violence in Syria’s second-largest city has deepened one of the country’s main divisions, as […]