Nazih Osseiran

Lebanon, United States

Middle East Correspondent at Thomson Reuters Foundation

Middle East Correspondent at Context

Middle East Correspondent @ContextNewsroom a product of @TRF. Formerly with @wsj @DailyStarLeb and @FinancialTimes. Email [email protected]

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Articles

Aid cuts 'disaster' in Syria as services axed and refugees return

1 day ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance. DAMASCUS - Around a dozen Syrian women sat in a circle at a U.N.-funded centre in Damascus, happy to share stories about their daily struggles, but their bonding was overshadowed by fears that such meet-ups could soon end due to international aid cuts.
Syrian refugees pick up pieces of life back home after Assad

2 days ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? 'Syria is liberated but the country is not back on its feet' - homecoming refugees pay price of war and economic collapse.
In north Lebanon, Syrian Alawites shelter among graves

2 weeks ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? After fleeing sectarian violence at home, Syrian Alawite refugees eke out a precarious existence in north Lebanon. Hundreds of Syrians fled to north Lebanon after violenceRefugees left bereft, without shelter and sanitationAid operations in Lebanon crippled by USAID cutsHISSA, Lebanon - Behind a ramshackle mosque in Hissa, north Lebanon, the living are making a home for themselves among the dead.
Syrian businesses dare to dream after Trump vow on sanctions

3 weeks ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? Syria's small business owners stock up after Trump's sanctions move, hoping for more customers and easier access to cash.
No milk, no diapers - US aid cuts hit Syrian refugees in Lebanon

4 weeks ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? USAID cuts may push desperate Syrian refugees into further debt, prostitution to survive, UN warns. Aid agencies forced to cut cash transfersAssistance reaching fraction of targeted recipientsRefugees taking on debt to feed familiesBEIRUT - Amal al-Merhi's twin 10-month-old daughters often go without milk or diapers. She feeds them a mix of cornstarch and water because milk is too expensive. Instead of diapers, Merhi ties plastic bags around her babies' waists.
Q&A: No fuel, no food, only fear in Gaza, says Red Crescent head

1 month ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

A member of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) walks near an ambulance and Israeli military vehicle, during a raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaWhat’s the context? After 15 aid workers were killed, head of Palestine Red Crescent Society says his people are scared but determined to keep working.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria's future

2 months ago | thestar.com.my | Nazih Osseiran

BEIRUT: When Bashar al-Assad was forced out of power by rebels in Syria, Jude Khouja and his Syrian friends in the US felt they had to do something to help rebuild a country dear to them after decades of brutal rule and conflict. They spent the days after Assad's overthrow in December talking on WhatsApp about their options under the new rulers who said they want to establish a free market economy and open Syria for foreign investment. "Everybody was excited," Khouja said.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria

2 months ago | taipeitimes.com | Nazih Osseiran

By Nazih Osseiran / Thomson Reuters Foundation, BEIRUT When former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was forced out of power by rebels, Jude Khouja and his Syrian friends in the US felt they had to do something to help rebuild a country dear to them after decades of brutal rule and conflict.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria's future

2 months ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? After decades of Assad's rule, the tech sector offers hope to Syrians, but sanctions and a weak economy are obstacles to growth.
Education at risk in West Bank from funding cuts, Israeli operation

2 months ago | nst.com.my | Nazih Osseiran - |Nazih Osseiran

Every day, children in the West Bank run the gauntlet of Israeli roadblocks, checkpoints and settler attacks on their way to school. Since Israel launched a major operation in the West Bank in January, the trip has become even more perilous. Thousands of troops are sweeping through refugee camps and cities and demolishing houses and infrastructure, including roads children use to get to school.