Syria Direct’s report on the bridges of Raqqa wins first prize in Free Press Unlimited’s Syria Co-Production Fund 2021
June 3, 2021
The winning report highlighted the human suffering caused by the failure to rehabilitate the bridges of Raqqa, four years after the defeat and expulsion of ISIS from the area, now controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
AMMAN —
Among nine partnerships, representing Syrians from all areas of the country and in the diaspora, and covering a diversity of topics related to Rehabilitation and Rebuilding,
Syria Direct’s Senior Arabic Editor Ammar Hamou and reporter Hassan Kassab, in partnership with a local organization that asked to remain anonymous, have won first prize for their report, photo story and video on the reconstruction of the bridges of Raqqa.