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Bookmark or Share- Daraa - WikipediaDaraa (Arabic: دَرْعَا, romanized: Darʿā, Levantine Arabic:, also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera'a, Dera, Derʿā and Edrei; means "fortress", compare Dura-Europos) is a city in southwestern Syria, located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the border with Jordan.
- For many Syrians, the story of the war began with graffiti in Dara’aDara’a, then a quiet, nondescript border town, would eventually become infamous, inextricably linked with Syria’s war. “I was a little boy, maybe 10 years old and even then you can feel when...
- 2021 Daraa offensive - WikipediaThe 2021 Daraa offensive was an offensive between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces in the Daraa Governorate, as part of the Daraa insurgency. [9] [10] The offensive saw heavy clashes throughout the governorate, particularly in the Daraa al-Balad neighborhood, which was besieged by government troops.
- Explainer: What are the clashes in Syria’s Deraa about?Deraa, which borders Jordan and is close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is widely seen as the cradle of the 2011 uprising in Syria, which sparked a decade-long civil war that has killed...
- Syria: Government must lift deadly siege of Daraa al-Balad and allow ...The Syrian government must immediately lift a two-month siege of opposition stronghold Daraa al-Balad and allow unfettered humanitarian access to the area where around 20,000 people are living in dire conditions with scarce supplies of food and barely any medical care, Amnesty International said today.
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