Damascus Remains Cut Off By Fighting
For a second day, the Syrian capital, Damascus is cut off from the outside world, with the international airport shut, the Internet down and mobile phone lines working sporadically. There are reports...
View ArticleA Syrian Tank Shells Turkey, Yet The Response Is Silence. Why?
Whenever the Syrian military fires across the border into Turkey, it threatens to ignite a major confrontation.But sometimes the Turks choose to play down cross-border attacks on their territory, and...
View ArticleU.S. Steps Up Aid (But No Arms) To Syrian Exiles
The Obama administration remains wary about arming Syria's rebels. But when it comes to humanitarian aid, the U.S. contribution, over $250 million, is second only to Turkey. Then there is non-lethal...
View Article'It's A Disaster': Life Inside A Syrian Refugee Camp
It's early afternoon when the sun is bright, and it's finally warm enough to come outside. This tent camp on a hill overlooking the Turkish border, near the Syrian town of Atma, houses more than 14,000...
View ArticleU.S. Doctors Provide Supplies, Training To Syrians
Syria's health care system is collapsing after 21 months of revolt. According to a new report by the World Health Organization, half of the country's public hospitals have been destroyed in the...
View ArticleAmid Food Shortages, Syrian Opposition Now Runs Many Towns
As the Syrian opposition gains control of large swaths of territory in the country's north, local councils are emerging as the first alternative authority after 21 months of revolt.It is still unclear...
View ArticleSyria's War Leaves Its Scars On The Children
The war in Syria is taking a huge toll on the children. An international team of researchers that interviewed Syrian kids in a refugee camp in Turkey found that 3 out of 4 have lost a loved one. Almost...
View ArticleThrough Social Media, Tracking Rape In Syria
Rape has long been a weapon of war, but documenting sexual violence usually happens after a conflict is over. Researchers are taking a new path with the Syrian conflict: tracking the incidents of rape...
View ArticleNewly Displaced Syrians Head For Turkish Border
A new surge of Syrian refugees is swamping humanitarian aid agencies in southern Turkey, where official refugee camps are full.But the newcomers may be just the tip of the iceberg. In central Syria,...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels, Secular And Islamist, Both Claim The Future
Syria's Islamists have grown in influence as the war against President Bashar Assad's government grinds on.
View ArticleMiles From Home, Syrians Vote In Free Elections
In Syria's northern province of Aleppo, the war is far from over. Yet civilians are planning a dramatic gesture: an election for a civilian government.This weekend, delegates from across the province...
View ArticleThousands More Flee Syria After Latest Military Airstrikes
A new flood of Syrian refugees is streaming into southern Turkey after the Syrian air force bombed the city of Raqqah, a provincial capital that the government lost control of earlier this week.The...
View ArticleIn Ancient Aleppo, Plotting The Future
A soft-spoken, clean-shaven, 31-year-old aid worker hopes to determine, in part, the future of Aleppo, Syria's largest city.In a rare test of democracy, Abdul Rahman Kahir won a seat on the Aleppo...
View ArticleSyrian Cyber-Rebel Wages War, One Hack At A Time
The Internet is a battleground in Syria, a place where President Bashar Assad's regime has mounted a sophisticated surveillance campaign that includes monitoring and arresting activists by tracking...
View ArticleCourts Become A Battleground For Secularists, Islamists In Syria
In rebel-held parts of Syria, a clash of ideologies is playing out. Powerful Islamist brigades are competing with pro-democracy civilians to shape Syria's future.One battlefront is in the courts. In...
View ArticleSyrian Opposition Poised To Vote On Interim Government
As Syria's revolt enters a third year, Syria's political opposition is meeting in Istanbul this week to choose a rebel government, despite opposition from the Obama administration.Twelve candidates are...
View ArticleSyrian Aid Groups Train An Army Of Activists
At a border crossing, Mulham al-Jundi directs aid vehicles from southern Turkey into Syria.
View ArticleSyrian Financial Capital's Loss Is Turkey's Gain
There is a brain drain in Syria, an exodus of the skilled and the educated as the Syrian revolt grinds into a third year.The health care system is one casualty, as hospitals and clinics are shelled and...
View Article'It's Not Normal': Syrian War Transforms Lives
In November, Razan Shalab Al-Sham, the daughter of a wealthy Syrian family, led the way to the Syrian farming village of Khirbet al-Joz to deliver an unusual kind of aid: police uniforms. A cold winter...
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