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“If the strikes don’t take down the regime and don’t prevent Assad from ruling in Syria, it means nothing,” said one displaced Syrian who decried years of inaction by the international community.
The Atlantic Council rounds up comments from world leaders following the U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian air base in response to the Syrian government’s use of sarin gas on civilians.
The United States’ traditional allies, along with supporters of the Syrian opposition, welcomed the surprise airstrike on Syrian military facilities, while Russia and Iran condemned it, reports the Associated Press.
Greece pledged to help all refugee and migrant children in the country attend schools, but the E.U.-funded program has been mired in delays. Yiannis Baboulias reports from Athens on the efforts of a migrant women’s network to give refugee girls access to education.
For Lene Natasha Lind, Norway’s ambassador to Lebanon, a big part of the job is dealing with the Syrian crisis – and in particular the struggles of refugee women, who face high levels of domestic violence and find it difficult to enter the workforce.
For many women in India, myths about periods can lead to everything from social isolation to serious reproductive health problems. But one way to get people talking about the facts of menstruation, say experts, is to bring men into the conversation.
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel mining company is touting its plans to dramatically reduce its air emissions. These modernization efforts can’t come soon enough for the mayor of a Norwegian town that lives downwind.
In Armenia, a strong preference for raising boys has led some parents to abort female fetuses, which means many more boys than girls are being born. But new legislation and campaigns promoting the value of having girls are helping counter this illegal practice.
Portions of Oroville Dam’s damaged spillway may have been built atop highly weathered rock, geologists say, a type vulnerable to erosion during the weeks of rain that led up to the disaster.
In South Africa, women are often harassed – and in some cases raped – when using the country’s minibus taxis. Activists and taxi industry leaders are hoping a campaign to educate taxi drivers about gender-based violence will help keep women safer.
As the climate warms and ice roads become more unreliable, northern Canada is turning to technological solutions to give them longer lives, as well as looking at building alternative routes.
Concerns about water quality and contamination have led to the decline of public water-fountain use and the rise of bottled alternatives. A few actions could help boost public confidence in drinking fountains.
Joseph Cook, a scientist at Sheffield University, is studying how the surprising amount of microscopic life found within the top few meters of Arctic ice may have a dramatic impact on climate change.
In South Sudan, people are sheltering from conflict wherever they can, including a network of islands in the swamps of Unity State. On one island, where 2,300 displaced people live without access to clean water or toilets, cholera has become rife.
The state’s surface water drought was erased this winter after massive storms dumped precipitation. Here’s a look at where the state is now with water security and what challenges lie ahead.
As the Arctic Ocean’s spring sea-ice cover shrinks, microscopic zooplankton are declining with serious ramifications for the region’s food chain, from fish to seals to polar bears.
A big Arctic conference about to start may help Russia thaw icy relationships with its European neighbors, says George Soroka, a lecturer at Harvard University and author of “The Political Economy of Russia’s Reimagined Arctic.”
In the first part of our series ‘Europe’s Outsourced Refugees,’ we report from Belgrade on how illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers along the Balkan route are leaving refugees invisible and unprotected.
The increasing use of small-money transfer shops in Lebanon to transfer funds to illicit groups in Syria is a little-known consequence of imposing sanctions on armed groups in the war-torn country.
Vladimir Putin wants Russia to be viewed once again as a great power, and an active Arctic presence may help achieve that, says George Soroka, a political scientist at Harvard University.
A warmer world means more consequences, including more severe droughts and floods, which will push California’s already variable climate to further extremes.
In Uganda’s massive Bidibidi camp, which is home to more than 272,000 South Sudanese refugees, aid workers are trying to identify and help sexual violence survivors – despite a dearth of resources.
The unexpected appearance of sinkholes or groundwater flooding is something to which residents of this Alaskan city have grown accustomed as they face up to the melting of the discontinuous permafrost on which their buildings stand.
Since their tough start in Istanbul, Sabah and Mayas, two sisters from Aleppo, have mastered Turkish and are now thriving at school. But many Syrian refugee children feel lost in Turkey’s education system – if they make it to class at all.
Strangely warm temperatures are sending the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice on a downward spiral that could have far-reaching implications for the region’s people and wildlife.
Northern California has become the center of the state’s cannabis-growing industry, with inevitable environmental consequences. Will legalization and new regulations ease its impact or make the situation worse?
Many caribou populations have gone into free fall, spurring concerns that the animals may not be adapting to a changing landscape as the Arctic warms. New research suggests that’s not the case, but the reasons for population declines remain a mystery.
As severe hunger takes hold in northeast Nigeria, the U.N. estimates that nearly a half-million children under five will suffer from acute malnutrition this year, and 90,000 may die. Photojournalist Danielle Villasana tells the stories behind the devastating numbers.
HAKAI MAGAZINE: Polar bear viewing is fast becoming a cottage industry as tourists flock to the northern Alaskan city of Kaktovik. But at what cost – for the bears and the community?
This week marked the end of the sixth year of the war in Syria. On this grim anniversary we examine the deepening economic, social and other divisions that make it so difficult for refugees to return to Aleppo, the city that has become a bellwether for the country’s future.
This week marked the end of the sixth year of the war in Syria. On this grim anniversary we examine the deepening economic, social and other divisions that make it so difficult for refugees to return to Aleppo, the city that has become a bellwether for the country’s future.
Tens of thousands of women refugees are in Greece, suffering from violence, unsanitary conditions and food shortages, Marcy Hersh of the Women’s Refugee Commission tells Women & Girls Hub.
March 15 marked the sixth anniversary of the war in Syria. The Atlantic Council’s Faysal Itani spoke to former Ambassador Frederic C. Hof about how the war has impacted the region, the broader international community and the United States’ position.
Following Save the Children’s report on psychological scarring caused by the Syrian war, the charity has created a series of animated photos of refugee children explaining the devastating impact of trauma on their lives.
Pieter Tans has presided over the Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group for 32 years, bearing witness to the immense changes happening in our atmosphere. He discussed with us his career, the acceleration in atmospheric CO2 and why monitoring Arctic air is so important.
To mark the first anniversary of Refugees Deeply, our editors look back and select our best stories and commentaries from the past year.
Jordan has committed to education for all, but some Syrian refugees still struggle in the country’s public school system. As part of our series on the education crisis among Syrian refugees, we meet Judy, who has been to four schools in the past four years.
As the war in Syria enters its seventh year, the widespread displacement of Syria’s majority Sunni population is fueling fears of sectarian cleansing. Syria researcher Aymenn al-Tamimi explains why that may not be the full picture.
A severe housing shortage in Canada’s Inuit communities underpins many complicated social problems, as a new Senate report testifies. The problem is so costly that policymakers are tempted to ignore the seemingly intractable issue.
Residents near Mt. Shasta concerned about a water bottling plant launched a ballot initiative to tighten bottling rules, but were defeated. Now, one claims the other side used an astroturf campaign and violated campaign finance rules.
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