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Lubna Salem

Salem

Waste collectors in Syria continue their work despite harsh and dangerous conditions caused by the Syrian regime's ongoing bombardment and airstrikes.

01 May, 2016

Feature: Syrian children find some joy on Saint Barbara's Day by wearing fancy dresses and eating traditional sweets, and for a brief moment forget the horrors engulfing their homeland.

04 December, 2015

Feature: Dispossessed, desperate and brutalised, an increasing number of Syrians - civilians, refugees, fighters and soldiers - depend on illicit drugs to get by.

17 August, 2015

Feature: Syria's once comprehensive health system has been virtually destroyed, and doctors struggle to provide the most basic level of treatment.

11 May, 2015