Yazan Shahdawi
Yazan Shahdawi is a Syrian journalist based in Hama.
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How Syrian Forces Captured the Man Behind the Tadamon Massacre
Amjad Youssef hid for over a year in a village in rural Hama, Syria, slipping between his family home and the forested peaks above it, until intelligence officers tracked his nighttime movements and arrested him in his bedroom.
The Legacy of Hama’s Massacre
More than 40 years after the 1982 Hama Massacre, survivors still remember unimaginable horrors — families torn apart, children killed in front of parents and entire areas razed. Their stories reveal decades of trauma and a city’s enduring fight for justice.