A formerly imprisoned, exiled journalist talks about his plans to return to Syria and resume reporting
Bashar al-Assad has fallen: now I must continue writing
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Rizik Al-Abi
Rizik Al-Abi is a Syrian journalist residing in Turkey. He studied journalism at Damascus University and is the editor-in-chief of Tafaseel Press and the former editor-in-chief of a number of Syrian news websites. He is a member of the Syrian Journalists Association.
The painful death of Syria’s independent media
A number of independent media outlets opened in the wake of the Arab Spring but lack of funding and poor governance has seen them fold
How Russia is shaping the Syrian media narrative
The way that announcements about illnesses and deaths are reported shows signs of external influence
The silence after the earthquake in northwestern Syria is deafening
Bahar al-Assad is using the natural disaster that has killed thousands to launder his reputation internationally while ordinary Syrians suffer