SyriaUntold brings you the latest edition of our digest. We want to share with you the news, features, investigative pieces and long-form essays that we're reading this week.

Fires have been consuming the forests in the Syrian coast for years, Kamal Shahin investigate the reasons behind these fires and writes in details about the situation on the ground.

Most Syrian residents do not use the word “occupation” to describe the Russian presence in their homeland, and some traders even benefit economically from it.

An overview of all the expedients Syrians have to go through to escape reserve service, and how this is feeding a corrupted business in regime-held areas.

The story of two brothers, Fadi and Shadi, and their father Mustafa, one of the oldest Baathists in the region.