Sawsan Jamil Hassan

Comment: Syrians now cling to the shrinking margins of the lives they once had, existing only as the living dead.

Many countries celebrated the advent of 2015 with huge firework displays. For many in Syria, the crackle of gunfire punctuated a night spent huddled at home.

The hopes and ambitions of the uprising, founded on the injustice and tyranny of the old regime, have faded and been replaced by a desperation born of hunger