Syria's Civil War
How Trump’s sudden withdrawal from Syria is bringing the Kurds and Assad together
Syria's Kurds have turned to regime forces for protection from Turkey.
2016 Was 'The Deadliest Yet' for Syrian Children
A new report from UNICEF says that a drastic escalation of violence meant that suffering “hit rock-bottom” for Syrian children.
Black-Gold Blues - The Hazards and Horrors of the Makeshift Oil Industry in Rebel-Held Syria
For four decades, the al-Assad regime (first run by Hafez, and now by his son Bashar) struck deals with Western oil companies like Shell and Total that resulted in the extraction of as much as 27,000 barrels of black gold from the sand every day.
Transported to Camp Arbat: the Invisible Scars of Syrian Teens
For the first time, I was intimidated by the presence of a 13-year-old. Before I asked my first question, she beat me to it: "Where do you live?" Her response would've been the same regardless of my answer. It was a setup for her next question: "Can...
Trapped in a Town Under Siege: Syrian Children Are Eating Leaves to Survive
When she was brought to a field hospital, Rana Obaid had all the signs of severe malnutrition—a bloated belly, glassy eyes, hollow cheeks, and bloodied gums. Doctors examined her but there was little they could do. The one-year-old died within a day...
Za'atari Refugee Camp
The Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan is a disturbing reflection of just how bad the civil war in Syria has gotten. When it opened, Za'atari had just 100 families. Today, it has about 120,000 residents.
Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut Bombed
Thursday’s explosion in the Dahiyeh—an almost autonomous state-within-a-state in Beirut that is controlled by the Lebanese Shia party Hezbollah—was the second of such attacks to hit the area in the last couple of months and signaled that Hezbollah's...