"We want to spread this idea to the world so that they know our success as well as our struggle with hunger and the siege."

"This act is in violation of international norms and laws, a breach of the ceasefire agreement."

"This is a loss for Syria. This is loss for Palestine. This is my loss." - Noura Ghazi Safadi

"regime tactics are designed to overwhelm pro-democracy and secular opposition groups, forcing them into defensive mode, while empowering, directly and indirectly, more conservative and authoritarian groups"

Abd Alkader Habak appears in a photo that was widely shared on social media in which he is running with an injured child in his arms. Here is what happened.

Fundamentalist backlash to a magazine article has thrown civil society in Douma and Eastern Ghouta into turmoil, as activists and journalists struggle to get back to work.

The group controlling the region has shut down a magazine and five well-known civil society organisations, according to activists.

"The days passed, and I never expected to come back here, the place from where I entered humiliated...I never expected to get out of here."