Syria's Civil War Enters 14Th Year Amid Rising Violence

Victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria, April 4, 2017. Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year on Fr

As Syria's civil war marks its 14th year, violence is on the rise in various parts of the country, despite the conflict being overshadowed by other global crises. The war, which began in 2011 as peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad's government, has since claimed nearly half a million lives and displaced millions of Syrians.

In the opposition-held village of al-Nayrab in Idlib, Ali al-Ahmad struggles to survive in his partially destroyed home, frequently forced to flee to displacement camps due to ongoing shelling by government forces. The recent surge in violence has been described as the worst since 2020 by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria.