Sally Nabil

What Hana told me during our conversation is that she believes this heavy crackdown on aid workers is meant to spread fear among the public. They just want to make an example of these aid workers who are accused of being potential traitors. So now any person who works for a foreign-funded agency, is very scared.

What Hana told me during our conversation is that she believes this heavy crackdown on aid workers is meant to spread fear among the public. They just want to make an example of these aid workers who are accused of being potential traitors. So now any person who works for a foreign-funded agency, is very scared.

I mean, according to Human Rights Watch, USAID, it supplies nearly one third of the needs of the Yemeni people. We have talked to families who have been displaced for over a decade and they are living in camps elsewhere. in very miserable conditions.

I mean, according to Human Rights Watch, USAID, it supplies nearly one third of the needs of the Yemeni people. We have talked to families who have been displaced for over a decade and they are living in camps elsewhere. in very miserable conditions.

This one lady called Amal, and again, this is not her real name, she is a mother of nine, and she depends on a monthly food basket that she receives from the World Food Program. And she tells us that These supplies, they run out after two weeks. And I asked her, what if these supplies are to be cut? If assistance is to be stopped, me and my children will die.

This one lady called Amal, and again, this is not her real name, she is a mother of nine, and she depends on a monthly food basket that she receives from the World Food Program. And she tells us that These supplies, they run out after two weeks. And I asked her, what if these supplies are to be cut? If assistance is to be stopped, me and my children will die.

It's painful and shameful to go begging. But this is my destiny.

It's painful and shameful to go begging. But this is my destiny.

No. Talks have been coming and going with no end in sight. We have the Houthis on one hand. They are backed by Iran. We have the Saudi-led coalition that supports the internationally recognized government. They have been talking, but there is nothing in sight. And these people, they are waiting for the unknown.

No. Talks have been coming and going with no end in sight. We have the Houthis on one hand. They are backed by Iran. We have the Saudi-led coalition that supports the internationally recognized government. They have been talking, but there is nothing in sight. And these people, they are waiting for the unknown.

It's as if it's shackling the economy. So a lot of people are hoping that at some point in the near future, Syria will come out of this international isolation. I was visiting a very old market here in Damascus, talking to a shopkeeper who owns a shop for musical instruments. And he said that before the war broke out, he used to have customers queuing up in front of his store.

It's as if it's shackling the economy. So a lot of people are hoping that at some point in the near future, Syria will come out of this international isolation. I was visiting a very old market here in Damascus, talking to a shopkeeper who owns a shop for musical instruments. And he said that before the war broke out, he used to have customers queuing up in front of his store.

Now he barely makes $10 a day because of the international sanctions. He can't make any bad transfers. He can't import any material. So a lot of people are suffering, in fact.

Now he barely makes $10 a day because of the international sanctions. He can't make any bad transfers. He can't import any material. So a lot of people are suffering, in fact.

Yeah, I believe they both go hand in hand. They have to prove that they can adopt a comprehensive political process. And the question is, will they be able or willing to do that? HTS used to be part of Jabhat al-Nusra and part of Al-Qaeda, an extremist movement. And they broke away from them years ago. And now they are trying to prove that they are adopting a new approach.

Yeah, I believe they both go hand in hand. They have to prove that they can adopt a comprehensive political process. And the question is, will they be able or willing to do that? HTS used to be part of Jabhat al-Nusra and part of Al-Qaeda, an extremist movement. And they broke away from them years ago. And now they are trying to prove that they are adopting a new approach.

Will they be able to go as far as warning a comprehensive government that represents all Syrians? That's the big question now.

Will they be able to go as far as warning a comprehensive government that represents all Syrians? That's the big question now.

He said that we will follow diplomacy. We are not up to more military confrontations. And he was referring to Israel and somehow Iran when he was talking about that. He criticized the Israeli tenuous airstrikes on Damascus and various parts of the Syrian territory. And he said this is totally unacceptable and that the international community has to step up and resolve this issue.

He said that we will follow diplomacy. We are not up to more military confrontations. And he was referring to Israel and somehow Iran when he was talking about that. He criticized the Israeli tenuous airstrikes on Damascus and various parts of the Syrian territory. And he said this is totally unacceptable and that the international community has to step up and resolve this issue.