Shelly Kittleson is a freelance journalist based in Rome, who has covered stories of displacement in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She is a frequent contributor to Refugees Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/shelly-kittleson-2/rss en Crises & Conflicts Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:01:27 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/13/iraqi-refugees-return-from-syria-to-undocumented-lives https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/13/iraqi-refugees-return-from-syria-to-undocumented-lives Some Iraqis who fled across the Syrian border ahead of the Mosul offensive are now returning to Iraq. Many say their official IDs were confiscated in Syria, leaving them trapped in Iraqi displacement camps and unable to prove their identities. Thu, 05 Jan 2017 05:10:59 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/01/05/bags-and-belongings-the-iliad-reminds-me-of-aleppo-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/01/05/bags-and-belongings-the-iliad-reminds-me-of-aleppo-2 In the fourth installment of our “Bags and Belongings” series, in which we ask refugees what they packed in their bags and what they left behind, we meet Ibrahim Jawdat, a humanitarian worker from Aleppo who fled to Turkey to join his brother, a military defector. Refugee Voices Thu, 05 Jan 2017 05:00:42 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/05/bags-and-belongings-the-iliad-reminds-me-of-aleppo https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/05/bags-and-belongings-the-iliad-reminds-me-of-aleppo In the fourth installment of our “Bags and Belongings” series, in which we ask refugees what they packed in their bags and what they left behind, we meet Ibrahim Jawdat, a humanitarian worker from Aleppo who fled to Turkey to join his brother, a military defector. Civil Society Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:56:51 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/29/syrian-brothers-divided-by-war-report-from-opposite-sides-of-border-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/29/syrian-brothers-divided-by-war-report-from-opposite-sides-of-border-2 Two Syrian brothers who are both journalists describe the harrowing decisions that led one to flee their hometown of Aleppo for Turkey, and the other to keep working from inside the besieged city. Crises & Conflicts Refugee Voices Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:52:29 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/29/syrian-brothers-divided-by-war-report-from-opposite-sides-of-border https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/29/syrian-brothers-divided-by-war-report-from-opposite-sides-of-border Two Syrian brothers who are both journalists describe the harrowing decisions that led one to flee their hometown of Aleppo for Turkey, and the other to keep working from inside the besieged city. Crises & Conflicts Health Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:23:48 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/18/hospital-attacks-worsen-syrias-medical-crisis-and-refugee-flight https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/18/hospital-attacks-worsen-syrias-medical-crisis-and-refugee-flight With attacks against hospitals still intensifying, Syria’s health system is barely functioning. Shelly Kittleson joins the families forced in desperation to seek medical treatment outside the country. Crises & Conflicts Tue, 02 Aug 2016 05:00:45 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/02/two-years-since-the-massacre-few-yazidis-return-to-sinjar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/02/two-years-since-the-massacre-few-yazidis-return-to-sinjar Despite Kurdish forces retaking Sinjar and its neighboring towns in northern Iraq last November, few of the region’s historic residents are returning. Most fear a looming reprisal by the ISIS militants that captured the city two years ago. Civil Society Displacement Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Shelly Kittleson https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/04/13/survivors-of-torture-await-asylum-ahmeds-story-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/04/13/survivors-of-torture-await-asylum-ahmeds-story-2 As part of our ongoing series “Childhood Under Attack,” this week we present the story of a Syrian boy struggling to find a new home after Islamic State members brutally sawed off two of his limbs and he and his family were forced to flee.