Emma Beals

Emma Beals is an independent multimedia journalist with an interest in conflict and social issues. She has most recently been concerned with reporting on the Syrian civil war. Follow her on twitter @ejbeals.

HOPE OR NOPE?

Syria’s Cruel ‘Reconciliations’

The deal to evacuate four towns, some besieged by Assad, some by the opposition, involved some extraordinary intrigue—and terrible risks.

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Humanitarian Response

Assad to UN: Don’t Call Syria ‘Besieged’

Criticized for letting the Syrian government edit the U.N. Humanitarian Response Plan last year, the United Nations is again allowing Assad regime comments and compromises.

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DAMNED IF YOU DO

Assad’s Aleppo Strategy: Evacuate or Die

Sieges and starvation have helped Assad and the Russians win back control of suburbs around Damascus and Homs. On Friday night, they apply their ultimatum to Aleppo.

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Hunger Games

The Syrian Humanitarian Food Farce

Wednesday’s UN aid delivery to a besieged Damascus suburb was pitiful, and shows how much the Assad regime, infamous for siege and starve tactics, still runs the show.

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Horrific

Assad Expels Aid as Syria Starves

As the humanitarian situation inside Syria grows ever more desperate, a prominent NGO reveals that the government has banned it from Damascus in retaliation for giving food and water to rebel-controlled areas.

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Syria’s Cruel ‘Reconciliations’

Assad to UN: Don’t Call Syria ‘Besieged’

Assad’s Aleppo Strategy: Evacuate or Die

The Syrian Humanitarian Food Farce

Assad Expels Aid as Syria Starves

The Mom Who Saved Syria’s Jews

Syrian Troops Target Hospitals