Mouneb Taim

Mouneb Taim is a producer and journalist based in the Middle East from Damascus, Syria. He was awarded TPOTY's Photographer of the Year and ICFJ's Best Young Male Journalist in 2020. On Twitter: @mouneb_taim

Syria | Jun 13, 2022

Syrian farmers get much-needed support to confront wheat crisis

Several organizations in northern Syria have launched programs to support farmers amid new concerns over flour and wheat supplies in the war-torn country.

Syria | May 19, 2022

Syrians sponsor abandoned children

Amid the rising number of abandoned children due to the deteriorating economic conditions in northern Syria, one organization seeks to care for them and secure them a family that would cater to their needs.

Displaced Syrian orphans receive food aid at their school in the El Ardiye Orphanage camp run by the Turkish Red Crescent on the outskirts of Idlib, on Nov. 26, 2021 in Sarmada district, Idlib Province, Syria.

Syria | Apr 25, 2022

WATCH: Ramadan storyteller roams Syria displaced camps

A storyteller is roaming the displaced camps in north Syria to help children forget about the daily bombardments and suffering.

Hussein Bertawi performs as a storyteller.

Syria | Apr 13, 2022

Possible closure of Turkey-Syria crossing alarms aid groups

Fears are mounting about a looming humanitarian catastrophe amid concerns that Russia will close the last border crossing through which UN and NGO aid passes to reach millions of needy in north Syria.

A convoy transporting humanitarian aid crosses into Syria from Turkey through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing on Jan. 18, 2022.

Syria | Apr 9, 2022

Syrian martial artist who lost leg returns home to teach kung fu

A Syrian kung fu teacher has overcome the trauma of losing his leg to follow his passion for kung fu and opened a club for children in Syria’s Aleppo province.

Fadel Othman inside a small gym in northern Syria where he teaches kung fu.

Syria | Mar 23, 2022

Nowruz not what it used to be for Afrin’s Kurds

Kurds in Syria have been celebrating Nowruz in secrecy for the past years, under the Assad regime and now under the control of the Turkish-backed rebels.

People wave the Kurdish flag during a Syrian Kurdish celebration marking Nowruz in the town of Qahtaniyah, Hasakah province, Syria, March 21, 2022.

Syria | Feb 15, 2022

Killing of woman by Syrian jihadi group sparks protests in camps

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham shot a woman in the head for smuggling fuel from the opposition areas into Idlib, prompting protests and clashes in the camps for the displaced.

A displaced Syrian girl rides in the back of a truck on the way to Deir al-Ballut camp in Afrin's countryside on Feb. 19, 2020.

Syria | Feb 10, 2022

Health catastrophe looms in Syria’s Idlib

Rights groups are warning about a health crisis that will affect more than 4 million Syrians as medical aid declines in the northwest.

Syria | Feb 8, 2022

Idlib's displaced traumatized by operation that killed IS leader

Residents of the displacement camps near the site of the recent US operation that killed IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi are still terrified of not only a possible return by the Islamic State, but also by the US-led coalition.

Syria | Feb 3, 2022

Women and children among residents killed in US-led Idlib raid

Survivors of the attack near the town of Atmeh in Idlib described a night of terror and uncertainty, listening to the sound of helicopters and gunshots from the raid that killed IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.