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A recent report by Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre maps the educational provisions and status of refugees from Syria aged 12–25 years old, in the main hosting countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey.
Ansar Hevi of 15th Garden explains how the program teaches urban Syrians how to grow their own food, empowering people to feed themselves.
Hamish de Bretton Gordon OBE, a chemical weapons expert focusing on the Syrian crisis and founder of London-based SecureBio, weighs in on what remains of the chemical stockpile in Syria and where authorities stand in securing them.
Mutlu Civiroglu, an analyst specializing in Syria and Turkey, spoke to us about the strategic dimension of the Kurdish fight, the rise of the YPG, and the complex role for Turkey in mix.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees are trapped inside Yarmouk refugee camp, facing starvation, malnutrition, disease and now face a threat of lack of water supply.
Faysal Itani, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, gives his analysis of the U.S. strikes on ISIS and how they have shifted dynamics on the ground.
‘A lot of ISIS fighters buy into this utopian vision of creating a caliphate where there will be none of the social ills we have in the West. This is essentially Marxism under the veil of Islam.’.
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber on why Christians are being targeted in Syria and how the attacks impact the country as a whole.
Didem Aykel Collinsworth, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, on why Turkey has stepped up its cooperation with the international community in the fight against ISIS.
Since the ISIS advance on Kobani, the Turkish government and aid agencies have been struggling to respond to the influx of more than 180,000 Syrian refugees into southern Turkey.
Aron Lund, editor of Syria in Crisis at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, weighs in on the fallout and potential consequences of striking Jabhat al-Nusra.
Why the fall of Kobani would be a devastating blow to stability along the Syrian-Turkish border, with grave consequences for the region.
The simple act of crossing the street has become dangerous for a child, “ says Kumar M. Tiku, chief communications officer for UNICEF in Syria.
Dr. Marwan al-Muasher weighs on why Jordan decided to join the U.S. led strikes on Syria.
A recent report by Human Rights Watch documents 11 cases in which Syrians in Lebanon, or people perceived to be Syrians, were violently attacked in their homes or on the street by Lebanese private citizens.
Turkey has been accused of aiding militants by acting as a de facto transit hub for foreign fighters looking to wage jihad.
Aid organizations say 65,000 migrants have crossed to Europe so far this year. But 3,000 have drowned while making the journey.
As Kurds ask the U.S. to intervene, the militant Islamist group advances towards Kobani. How big would a victory be?
How is Europe reacting to the widening of U.S. military action?
Activists and rebel groups have concerns about civilian casualties – particularly because ISIS has entrenched itself in residential areas.
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