Security ‘deteriorates’ in Damascus suburbs as rebels usurp police stations, install paramilitary
Armed gunmen from the Failaq a-Rahman rebel faction reportedly stormed a police station on Sunday i...
Justin Schuster
Justin was a 2015-2016 fellow at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad program (CASA I) in Amman, Jordan. He received his BA from Yale University with a double major in Global Affairs and Modern Middle Eastern Studies. While at Yale, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the political journal, The Politic. His previous work and research in the Middle East includes time spent in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, and the West Bank.
Assad forces nearly reach Jordan border in midnight stealth operation
AMMAN: Syrian Arab Army forces came within three kilometers of a border crossing with Jordan on Tue...
Confrontation with Assad regime complicates US-backed campaign for Raqqa
AMMAN: The United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are “bringing in reinforcements&rdqu...
After nearly two-year closure, Turkish border crossing opens to hundreds of Syrians
AMMAN: Hundreds of Syrians residing in Turkey are temporarily re-entering their home country for th...
Dozens of casualties after latest row between Turkish-backed rebels
AMMAN: Residents of a former Islamic State stronghold in Syria's northern Aleppo province are shelt...
In battle for Raqqa, Syrian Democratic Forces make steady advances
AMMAN: The United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured their third district inside Raqqa...
‘Relative calm’ fades in Syria's south as Daraa city fighting roars once again
AMMAN: A de-escalation agreement in Syria’s southern Daraa province is collapsing after just ...
‘A measure of freedom’: What can journalists get away with in rebel-held northern Syria?
Ahmed Assi teaches aspiring journalists in the hardline rebel stronghold of Idlib province. Six yea...
US-backed rebels losing territory in east Syrian desert to regime
AMMAN: As US-backed rebels confront the Islamic State in Syria’s strategic eastern desert, re...
‘Sadness in the air’ across Syria as 7th wartime Ramadan approaches
AMMAN: Muslims across Syria will begin the month-long Ramadan fast this weekend, the seventh since ...
