Lyse Mauvais

Lyse Mauvais is a French journalist based in Amman, Jordan, where she writes in English for Syria Direct. She also reports on environmental issues and humanitarian aid. On Twitter: @lyse_mauvais

Iran | Jan 21, 2023

ALM Feature

Fleeing repression, Iran's Kurdish activists struggle to find refuge in Iraq

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has become a key escape route for an unknown number of Iranian Kurds fleeing brutal repression and torture in Iran, but most fail to find security and stability in Iraq.

A man and a woman hold up a banner depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration denouncing her death by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria | Nov 29, 2022

Escalating Turkish strikes cripple civilian infrastructure across northeast Syria

Since the launch of Operation Claw-Sword, Turkish strikes have widely targeted civilian and energy infrastructure, wreaking havoc and paralyzing economic life in northeast Syria.

Syria | Oct 10, 2022

Syrian farmers trapped by 'Erdogan's wall'

Military unrest combined with drought is making it much harder to draw a living from the soil along the Turkish-Syrian border.

Daily workers harvest onions near Turkey’s border wall with Syria, Sept. 29, 2022.

Jordan | Jan 27, 2021

Campaign trash makes statement on waste, politics in Amman exhibit

Local and international artists and environmental activists created an exhibition of art made primarily of discarded placards from Jordan’s parliamentary elections last year to address political apathy and the growing environmental crisis facing the kingdom.

Lyse Mauvais

Fleeing repression, Iran's Kurdish activists struggle to find refuge in Iraq

Escalating Turkish strikes cripple civilian infrastructure across northeast Syria

Syrian farmers trapped by 'Erdogan's wall'

Campaign trash makes statement on waste, politics in Amman exhibit

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UK's Syria envoy warns normalizing relations with Assad regime will undermine efforts for justice and accountability

Lyse Mauvais

Fleeing repression, Iran's Kurdish activists struggle to find refuge in Iraq

Escalating Turkish strikes cripple civilian infrastructure across northeast Syria

Syrian farmers trapped by 'Erdogan's wall'

Campaign trash makes statement on waste, politics in Amman exhibit

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