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A Fresh Look at Long-term Solutions for Syria’s Refugee Children in Turkey
A chronicle of one organization’s determination to bring hope and healing to Syrian refugees through innovative education.
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Follow via RSSA chronicle of one organization’s determination to bring hope and healing to Syrian refugees through innovative education.
Jan Egeland tells Syria Deeply that a real opportunity and obligation exists to pull together at an international level to change Syria’s story.
“The scale of the economic destruction in Syria is reminiscent of some nations after second world war”, a leading expert tells Syria Deeply.
‘Syrians are using smugglers because they don’t have any other avenues to cross the Mediterranean,” Dawn Chatty tells Syria Deeply.
“These attacks happen in an instant but they are ripping families apart and they affect them for a lifetime.”.
Mia Bloom spoke with Syria Deeply about ISIS’ recruitment of women and the reality of their lives in Syria and Iraq.
The World Health Organization estimates that 2 million or more Syrians are suffering from mild to moderate mental problems.
“The bottom line is that neither side is really capable of a full military victory in this war unless the other sides’ backers capitulate and cut support to their Syrian allies, which is highly unlikely.”.
“There is a manpower issue if you define Assad’s aim as a complete victory, which I don’t think is achievable for the regime, and I don’t think a comprehensive victory is Assad’s objective.”.
“You sense the level of desperation when you read about death caused by cases where people are desperate enough to scavenge and eat wild plants off the ground.”.
Through alliances with certain groups, acquisitions and defeat of others, Nusra aims to strengthen its footprint and widen its influence in the north, and present itself as the primary force fighting the Assad regime on the ground, a leading analyst tells Syria Deeply.
“We have a solid case against all of the parties involved in this tragedy: The Syrian regime, the FSA [Free Syrian Army], ISIS, the jihadist groups.”.
Coordinators of the campaign have emphasized “the link between the ongoing barrel bombing in Syria and the rise of ISIS,” adding that senseless violence is fueling radicalization.
Among the 110 exposed women, seven delivered newborns with serious malformations, of whom five died after a few hours to a few days and the other two survived.
Humanitarian needs have increased by nearly a third compared with 2013. More than 11.6 million people are now in urgent need of clean water and nearly 10 million people do not have enough to eat.
When asked what would help them the most, almost without exception every nurse or physician said: “Stop the bombing.”.
“Turkey is now realizing that it should update its security policy with the West in regards to the ISIS threat.”.
“It is a propaganda piece that is part justification, part myth busting and recruitment tool, and part clarification of a woman’s role in the Islamic State.”.
“Russia is going to try to score diplomatic points by playing host to these talks … it is basically trying to insert itself in every way it can in all of the U.S. engagements in the region.”.
“They managed to survive by sharing one meal a day, skipping a meal on some days. His children wake up in the middle of the night crying asking for food. Little children don’t know what a siege means.”.
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