Idlib

What worries medical charities about trying to help Syria's earthquake survivors

5:34pm March 15, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

Camps in Syria have become overcrowded in the northwest of the country after the February 6 earthquake. NPR talks to Dr. Mego Terzian of Doctors without Borders about his assessment of the situation.

"You have to be calm because people are scared, the civilians and the patients are scared, and they can't see you scared," Dr. Omar Ibrahim says of his years as a surgeon in a Syrian war zone.

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Whatever Happened To ... The Only Brain Surgeon Working In Aleppo From 2014 To 2019?

3:38pm September 09, 2020

by Fran Kritz

Dr. Omar Ibrahim went from Aleppo to Idlib province in Syria to continue treating injuries from shelling. Now, after six years of doing surgery in a war zone, he is starting a new chapter in his life.

"It is a very, very sad thing when my son says to me, 'Mum, I don't want to die,'" says Etab Hadithi.

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'We Don't Know Where To Hide': The Day-To-Day Struggles For Civilians In Idlib

4:02pm March 16, 2020

by Jane Arraf

"It is a very, very sad thing when my son says to me, 'Mum, I don't want to die,'" says Etab Hadithi, a 41-year-old mother of two. "We are all suffering ... from a dangerous life."

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Syrians ride a motorcycle past a burnt vehicle near the northwest Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province of Syria, near where U.S. forces raided an ISIS compound.

The U.S. Investigates Possible Civilian Deaths During Baghdadi Raid In Syria

8:05pm March 13, 2020

The military is conducting a credibility assessment of claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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Many refugees, who have fled the fighting in Syria's Idlib province, are living in tents during a cold and snowy winter.

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U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Reaches 'Horrifying New Level'

6:33pm February 25, 2020

by Fran Kritz

As fighting escalates in northwest Syria, the U.N. estimates that thousands of Syrians are being displaced every day.

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Syria's Latest Disaster: A Clash With Turkey That's Displaced 600,000

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with AP reporter Bassem Mroue about the humanitarian crisis in Syria's Idlib province, where Syrian and Turkish forces have been fighting for control.

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A Turkish military convoy passes through the Syrian town of Dana, in Idlib province near the Turkish-Syrian border, on Sunday. It is there, in northwestern Syria, that friction between the country and neighboring Turkey has flared into direct violence.

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Turkey, Syria Trade Deadly Strikes As Russia Watches Uneasily

8:45pm February 03, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Half a dozen Turkish troops and at least 13 Syrians died Monday in the Syrian border province of Idlib. The spasm of violence between the bitter neighbors also threatens to ensnare Syrian ally Russia.

Dr. Omar Ibrahim: "You have to be calm because people are scared, the civilians and the patients are scared, and they can't see you scared."

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As Bombs Fall, A Neurosurgeon Tells How He Keeps Calm In Syria

7:31pm June 03, 2019

by Diane Cole

Dr. Omar Ibrahim spoke to NPR via Skype from the only working hospital in south Idlib province. The staff, he says, has "just moved into the basement [because of] the attacks."

This photo released on Sept. 10 by the Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, shows smoke rising from an airstrike, in Hobeit village, near Idlib, Syria.

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Russia And Turkey Agree On A Demilitarized Zone In Syria's Last Rebel Stronghold

6:34pm September 17, 2018

The leaders of Russia and Turkey say they want to set up a buffer area in Idlib province by mid-October to avert a catastrophic military offensive.

A member of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the "White Helmets," walking through the wreckage of their center, which was destroyed Thursday by government forces in the town of al-Tamana in rebel-held Idlib province.

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U.S. Envoy Warns That Syria Preparing To Use Chemical Weapons In Idlib

8:21am September 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Special Representative for Syrian Engagement Jim Jeffrey says the U.S. has "lots of evidence" that the Damascus government is preparing for a "reckless escalation" of the conflict.