Mustafa al-Haj

Mustafa al-Haj is a pseudonym for a Syrian journalist based in Syria.

Syrian charities battle corruption

Mustafa al-Haj

Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front gesture as they drive in a convoy touring villages, which they said they have seized control of from Syrian rebel factions, in the southern countryside of Idlib, December 2, 2014. Picture taken December 2, 2014.
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Jabhat al-Nusra deals Syrian regime major blow in Idlib

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A bar man serves drinks at a nightclub in downtown Damascus on September 12, 2013. When night falls in Damascus, gaggles of determined revellers still head out on the town seeking to drown out the thunder of outgoing artillery fire with the boom of music. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

LGBT community finds Damascus more open

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Amid war, Damascenes promote cycling with mass bike ride

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Free Syrian Army fighters take positions in Deraa during what they said an offensive to liberate the checkpoint No. 41, a border point with Jordan, June 14, 2013. Picture taken June 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Abu Salah/Shaam News Network/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAM

Daraa province slowly falls into Syrian rebel hands

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$Louay Hussein, a Syrian leading intellectual and the leader of the Syrian opposition movement of "Building the Syrian State Movement" addresses a press conference in Damascus on July 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO\LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages)$