Christa Case Bryant is The Christian Science Monitor’s Jerusalem bureau chief https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/christa-case-bryant/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Human Rights Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Christa Case Bryant https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/08/un-reports-israeli-support-for-syria-rebels https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/08/un-reports-israeli-support-for-syria-rebels The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which patrols the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, has reported Israeli contact with Syrian rebels over 18 months. Syria accused Israel in attacks near Damascus today. Displacement Human Rights Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Christa Case Bryant https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/24/on-jordan-syria-border-a-forced-coexistence-spurs-bullying-among-children https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/24/on-jordan-syria-border-a-forced-coexistence-spurs-bullying-among-children As Syrian refugees and their Jordanian hosts struggle to make ends meet in a stressed economy, tensions are boiling over into their kids’ worlds. Displacement Education Religious & Ethnic Groups Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Christa Case Bryant https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/22/in-jordan-slashed-un-food-aid-has-even-well-off-syrians-feeling-the-pinch https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/22/in-jordan-slashed-un-food-aid-has-even-well-off-syrians-feeling-the-pinch With Jordan limiting job opportunities and the UN reducing food aid, even middle-class refugees from war-torn Syria are asking how, and where, they can survive.