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Rim Haddad

Syrian government soldiers burn an opposition flag while flashing the victory gesture at the Nassib border crossing with Jordan in the southern province of Daraa on July 7, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN)
July 8, 2018, 2:38 am
Syrian troops celebrate after claiming key post on Jordan border
Forces of Damascus and Moscow finally in charge of one of their main strategic targets — the frontier crossing with Jordan
By Rim Haddad
United Nations vehicles carry the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at a hotel on April 14, 2018, ahead of an investigation into whether President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue)
April 16, 2018, 9:36 am
Chemical inspectors launch probe in Syria after Western strikes
UN watchdog prepares for potential of evidence having been tampered with, in politically loaded investigation into alleged gas attack in Douma
By Rim Haddad and Jean-Marc Mojon
Medical workers treating toddlers following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, April. 8, 2018 (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 15, 2018, 5:20 pm
Chemical probe to begin in Syria after Western strikes
International inspectors, who declared Assad had no chemical weapons in 2014 but found he used sarin gas in 2017, head to Douma
By Rim Haddad and Jean-Marc Mojon
Illustrative: Billowing smoke, following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (Mohamad Abazeed/ AFP)
April 15, 2018, 3:46 pm
After Ghouta, Syrian army eyes rebels in Daraa, on Israel’s border
Regime forces expected to target area that was the cradle of uprising and a stronghold for Western-backed non-jihadist rebels
By Layal Abou Rahal and Rim Haddad
Illustrative: Destruction in the former rebel-held town of Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on April 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
April 11, 2018, 7:39 am
US readies response to Syria attacks after UN clash with Russia
‘Whenever we propose anything meaningful on Syria, Russia vetoes it. It is a travesty,’ decries US envoy Nikki Haley as US warship nears Syrian coast
By Dave Clark and Rim Haddad
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows blood soaked streets and several damaged buses in a parking lot at the site of an attack by twin explosions in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 11, 2017. (SANA via AP)
March 11, 2017, 1:53 pm
Twin bombings kill at least 46 in Damascus Old City
Most of the victims were Shiite Iraqis visiting holy sites in the area; over 100 reported wounded
By Rim Haddad
Syrians evacuated from rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo, arrive in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Aassal region, west of the city, on December 15, 2016. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)
December 16, 2016, 7:59 am
Thousands leave Aleppo under rebel withdrawal deal
3 convoys exit city carrying wounded civilians, fighters and families, as Red Cross warns full evacuation could take days
By Rim Haddad and Karam al-Masri
Residents in a government-held part of Aleppo's Salaheddin neighborhood watch as buses evacuate rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighbourhoods in Syria's northern embattled city on December 15, 2016. (AFP/Youssef Karwashan)
December 15, 2016, 10:26 pm
Hundreds leave Aleppo under rebel withdrawal deal
With evacuation, Syria’s regime to take full control of the city after years of fighting
By Rim Haddad and Karam al-Masri
A bus is seen in the embattled city of Aleppo during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held areas on December 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
December 15, 2016, 2:44 pm
Thousands of rebels, families begin departing battered Aleppo
Delayed operation marks final stage in Assad’s recapture of Syrian city from opposition after month-long assault
By Rim Haddad and Maya Gebeily
Syrians queue up in the office of Judge Mahmoud Al-Maarawi (R), who heads the religious court that oversees personal status issues for Syria's Sunni Muslims, to get official documents related to their marital affairs, such as legal papers for divorce or for second marriages in Damascus, March 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)
September 12, 2016, 8:40 am
Polygamy and divorce on the rise in war-torn Syria
Thousands of men dying in civil war or abandoning wives leads to remarriage for financial and social benefits
By Rim Haddad
A Syrian family, who has been evacuated from the town of Daraya, share a breakfast upon their arrival at a government reception center in the government-held town of Hrajela in Western Ghouta, outside Damascus, August 27, 2016. (AFP/Youssef KARWASHAN)
August 28, 2016, 2:59 pm
Children of Syria’s besieged Daraya discover joy of candies
Thousands of civilians evacuated from town and taken to aid centers in government-run villages elsewhere
By Rim Haddad
Syrian army soldiers sit on furniture placed in the street in the government-controlled part of the besieged town of Daraya on August 26, 2016, as thousands of rebel fighters and civilians prepared to evacuate. (AFP PHOTO/Youssef KARWASHAN)
August 26, 2016, 7:16 pm
Sorrow as Syrian rebel town evacuates after 4-year siege
Daraya’s 8,000 residents leave under deal between Damascus, opposition forces; community among first to rise up against Assad
By Rim Haddad
Syrian men play backgammon at a cafe in the capital Damascus, on February 27, 2016, as the first major ceasefire of the five-year war takes hold and an international task force prepares to begin monitoring the landmark truce. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
February 27, 2016, 6:31 pm
Syria guns mostly silent as truce appears to hold
Regime and rebels trade accusations of low-level violations, but civilians revel in a first morning without shelling
By Rim Haddad
File: An image of a starving child in Madaya, Syria, a city that has been under siege by pro-government forces for six months. (screen capture: YouTube)
February 17, 2016, 7:51 pm
UN aid trucks en route to starving Syrians in rebel-held areas
Seven besieged locations to receive deliveries as envoy negotiates ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Damascus
By Rim Haddad
A Syrian man looks at backpacks and suitcases for sale at a market in Damascus on September 22, 2015. When customers ask which of the backpacks displayed in the Souk al-Khija market is the sturdiest, the shopkeeper knows they are planning to take to the sea to reach Germany. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
September 28, 2015, 2:20 pm
German fever grips war-weary Syrians in Damascus
Young professionals, students scrambling to learn German as thousands seek to reach country, a top destination for those fleeing conflict
By Sammy Ketz and Rim Haddad
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