Alexandra Corcode

Homs, Syria: Film Club Creates Peace Amidst Sectarian Tension After 14 years of censorship, the Homs Cinema Society works to rebuild social peace in its war-torn hometown of Homs, Syria. Director Hala al-Abdalla described their film screenings as a big step forw...

A while ago, I wrote and photographed for @The Amargi about how a cinema club in Homs, Syria, has become a place where films once impossible to watch under the regime are now viewed and discussed amid ongoing conflict.

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Syria's Long Road to Recovery Western sanctions on Syria are being lifted, but the damage they inflicted on the country's healthcare infrastructure is long-term.

“At Aleppo University Hospital, the scars left by sanctions that once aimed to punish a dictator continue to punish a country.” As the US lifts sanctions on Syria, @andreipopoviciu.bsky.social investigates the devastation they’ve left behind @inthesetimes.com, with photos by @corcode.bsky.social.

Syria’s Missing Children Children of detainees disappeared in orphanages. As many remain unaccounted for, their relatives fear the worst.

In late January I went to Syria to report on what happened to the tens of thousands of children of detainees that disappeared in the bowels of Assad’s prisons. For @foreignpolicy.com I wrote about what I found. With photos by @corcode.bsky.social: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/03/s...