Karen Leigh is the Managing Editor of News Deeply. She has lived and reported in India, West Africa and the Middle East for publications including TIME and The New York Times. You can find her on Twitter as @leighstream. She took these photos while reporting for Syria Deeply in Latakia province, Syria.
Regime Demolishes Illegal Slums in Hama, Displacing Thousands
Twenty thousand residents of Wadi al-Jouz, a destitute neighborhood of the hard-hit city of Hama, have lost their homes. This was not the result of bombings or gun battles, but an unlikely culprit in a time of war: urban planning.
