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2 months ago | 
trtworld.com | Shelly Kittleson
As journalists from northeastern Syria flock to Damascus and other areas under the transitional government’s control to report relatively freely, their own region remains under a regime that views journalism as a tool for consolidating power instead of one speaking truth to it.
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2 months ago | 
newlinesmag.com | Shelly Kittleson
Men walked hurriedly across the border at Al Bukamal on Dec. 26, visibly exhausted but eager to get home. For some, over a decade had passed since they had last seen relatives, homes and land they once farmed. One carried his dusty, cheap Chinese-made bag on the back of his neck, hunched and sweating profusely despite the winter chill. “I was in prison and then left Homs three years ago,” he said.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
english.alaraby.co.uk | Shelly Kittleson
Baghdad - As 2,000 or so Syrian soldiers fled to Iraq on Saturday as rebel forces advanced, Iraqi security forces took their weapons from them as they crossed the border, a local source told The New Arab. Crossing into al-Qaim a day before the Assad regime collapsed, local tribes also helped to provide assistance, including food, in coordination with the mayor and the military.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newarab.com | Shelly Kittleson
Baghdad - As 2,000 or so Syrian soldiers fled to Iraq on Saturday as rebel forces advanced, Iraqi security forces took their weapons from them as they crossed the border, a local source told The New Arab. Crossing into al-Qaim a day before the Assad regime collapsed, local tribes also helped to provide assistance, including food, in coordination with the mayor and the military.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newarab.com | Shelly Kittleson
In the streets and cafes of both Erbil and the Iraqi capital Baghdad, heated conversations have shifted in recent days from a focus on Gaza and Lebanon to Syria, following the collapse of the 50-year Assad rule in a rapid offensive led by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), aggravating concerns about notoriously porous borders across the region.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
newarab.com | Shelly Kittleson
Erbil - In 2015, Russia came to the rescue of Syrian government forces when it entered the war against opposition forces, employing an onslaught of airstrikes, advisors, and arms. Should it choose not to - or prove unable to - this time around, bogged down as it is with its own war on Ukraine, regional dynamics may shift significantly. The frontline in northern Syria meanwhile continues to do just that by the hour.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
newarab.com | Shelly Kittleson
Baghdad - Impunity for alleged past crimes and a lack of avenues for legal recourse, as well as the question of whether high levels of private security are still needed in Iraq, remain issues that many in the country feel should be addressed with greater urgency.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
english.alaraby.co.uk | Shelly Kittleson
When Israel started attacking Gaza in October last year, Lebanese native Dalia Hourani said, “We knew we were next.”But it was only after Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed on September 27 that she says she started planning her exit. The 42-year-old mother of two from southern Lebanon said she has learnt what the “copy and paste” speeches of Israeli politicians mean now — especially when looking at the brutality of Israel's war in Gaza.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
newarab.com | Shelly Kittleson
When Israel started attacking Gaza in October last year, Lebanese native Dalia Hourani said, "We knew we were next."But it was only after Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed on September 27 that she says she started planning her exit. The 42-year-old mother of two from southern Lebanon said she has learnt what the "copy and paste" speeches of Israeli politicians mean now - especially when looking at the brutality of Israel's war in Gaza.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
al-monitor.com | Shelly Kittleson
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