Robin Yassin-Kassab is an author and commentator living in London. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/robin-yassin-kassab/rss en Civil Society Displacement Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Robin Yassin-Kassab https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/14/a-syrian-womans-remarkable-story-is-not-exceptional https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/14/a-syrian-womans-remarkable-story-is-not-exceptional Our car turns through the crowded alleyways of single-storey breezeblock houses; it is foggy with coal smoke on this icy morning. This is the poorest quarter of Reyhanli, a Turkish town just across the Syrian border, and it’s crammed with Syrian refugees. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Robin Yassin-Kassab https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/08/15/syria-life-in-the-rebel-strongholds https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/08/15/syria-life-in-the-rebel-strongholds To cross the border I had to climb a wall three times my height. It was the most frightening part of my trip into liberated Syria.