Many families in East Ghouta and other settlement areas struggle to obtain vital records due to the displacement of a spouse, loss of original documents or refusal by Damascus to recognize opposition records.
Some HTS forces that entered northern Aleppo province during recent infighting between Turkish-backed opposition factions withdrew to Idlib this week, but concerns about the hardline faction’s sustained influence remain.
Refugees in Lebanon who signed up to return to Syria as part of a first batch of 1,600 families say economic hardship and a lack of a future in Lebanon informed their decision.
After an 8-year pause, Hama’s Tal Salhab sugar factory resumed production in late July, dumping pollutants into the nearby Orontes River. Dead fish soon washed up on the banks, signaling a return to a deadly, and unsustainable, status quo.
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