Ahmed Read Jamus

Ahmed Read Jamus is a Syrian freelance journalist. On Twitter: @yakotalread

Syria | May 11, 2022

Tribal violence haunts northeastern Syria

The de facto authorities controlling northeastern Syria stand idly by as tribal violence escalates, leading to casualties and tension in the area.

A member of the border guard force loyal to the Syrian Democratic Forces looks from a position in the countryside near the town of al-Hol at construction work on a concrete border fence erected on the Iraqi side, Hasakah province, Syria, March 29, 2022.

Syria | Apr 11, 2022

Syria’s bread basket lies empty

Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria is facing a water and bread crisis that is likely to become even worse during the month of Ramadan.

A farmer ploughs a wheat field in the countryside of the northeastern city of Qamishli, on Sept. 18, 2021.

Syria | Mar 30, 2022

Syrians resort to herbal medicine amid drug crisis

The deteriorating living conditions in northwestern Syria and the expensive medical consultations and medicines have prompted Syrian patients to resort to herbal medicine to treat their diseases.

A Syrian beekeeper prepares medicine to inject into hives at a bee farm in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Oct. 2, 2016. Honey is used as a homoeopathic treatment for burns and wounds.

Syria | Mar 12, 2022

Despite unrest, northwest Syria shows baby boom

Births are rising in northwest Syria, including in the displacement camps despite conditions often not being suitable for babies and mothers.

Ahmed Read Jamus

Tribal violence haunts northeastern Syria

Syria’s bread basket lies empty

Syrians resort to herbal medicine amid drug crisis

Despite unrest, northwest Syria shows baby boom

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Ahmed Read Jamus

Tribal violence haunts northeastern Syria

Syria’s bread basket lies empty

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