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President Bashar al-Assad needs more than a military victory to retake control of the whole of Syria. The country’s devastated economy will prevent him from achieving a total victory, writes Middle East expert Mona Alami.
Some critics of California’s Delta water tunnel project say allowing flooding to occur again in the San Joaquin Valley is a better alternative to the costly and controversial water infrastructure plan.
A temperature control device at Shasta Dam is designed to ensure cold water is released downstream for fish, but the device doesn’t appear to work properly when lake levels are low.
Fleeing Sierra Leone for Europe, Fatima and her family endured a dangerous journey across six countries, the Sahara Desert and conflict-ridden Libya. And that was all before they joined the thousands who continue to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean.
A national survey of Americans looks at their views on climate change and the Arctic, and how they line up with their political views. Lawrence C. Hamilton explains the trends and divisions among voters during this presidential election.
With their husbands fighting in the civil war or struggling to find work, the South Sudanese women staying in Uganda’s refugee camps often find themselves responsible for supporting their families on their own.
Publicly traded water utilities may have investors wary, while agricultural land with water rights is looking hot. But smart water investors also have to grapple with the risk to their reputations if they’re seen profiting from the scarcity of a vital resource.
The military efforts under way in Mosul are dwarfing the humanitarian response. Campbell MacDiarmid reports from near the front line, where aid agencies are rushing to build camps for fleeing civilians, while displaced Iraqis explain how difficult it is to escape.
On the first day of a new six-month intensive coding program for refugees in the British capital, photojournalist Alice Rowsome meets the ambitious students who want to make a difference using technology.
As Turkey gets deeper into Syria, opposition groups are divided on whether or not they should fight alongside the foreign power. The power struggle between rebel factions, for now, is taking the form of competing religious rulings.
Hunger and insecurity stalks the displacement camps of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, where people who fled Boko Haram face the risk of famine. Shaista Aziz meets displaced women concerned about destitution and abuse, and the female activists trying to help them.
A project to rebuild the Wallace Weir, a century-old levee northwest of Sacramento, could help both farmers and salmon. Bringing together a coalition of unlikely allies, it promises a more sophisticated approach to water management.
Nujeen Mustafa didn’t realize fleeing from Syria to Europe in a wheelchair would be considered extraordinary. Now in Germany, she has written a book about her journey. Speaking to Refugees Deeply, she says she hopes the attention will demonstrate that refugees are more than numbers.
Cases of meningitis and malnutrition-related growth deficiencies are increasing in the besieged town of Madaya, where humanitarian aid deliveries are sporadic and insufficient.
In the first installment of “Pixels of War,” our diary series on Syrian journalists, Artino describes his time as a war photographer, wanted by the regime, in besieged Eastern Ghouta.
Nujeen Mustafa didn’t realize fleeing from Syria to Europe in a wheelchair would be considered extraordinary. Now in Germany, she has written a book about her journey. Speaking to Refugees Deeply, she says she hopes the attention will demonstrate that refugees are more than numbers.
It has been seven months since the Syrian regime and its allies “liberated” the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS control, but residents without ties to the Syrian government have still not been allowed to go back home.
A new report from the Pacific Institute looks at the comparative costs of different water efficiency and supply options that could help supplement California’s water, including desalination, water reuse and stormwater capture.
A ballot measure passed in June holds big lessons for the San Francisco Bay Area. The effort to restore wetlands revealed residents’ motivations for protecting the bay and could inform future efforts.
It is unclear whether the upcoming winter will be the rainy season the state so desperately needs. If not, California could be facing mandatory water conservation measures again as voluntary reductions fail to impress.
The top U.S. refugee official, Anne Richard, talks to Refugees Deeply about President Obama’s legacy on forced migration, threats to asylum seekers’ rights in Pakistan and Kenya, and a shocking end to bipartisan support for resettlement.
Millions of Colombians forced from their homes by civil war find their immediate hopes of return dashed by the referendum result. With a lengthy new round of negotiations now expected, compensation, clearance of landmines and settlement of land rights remain on hold.
In the next installment of our “Experts to Watch” series, we highlight seven experts spreading news and analysis about the horrific conditions inside Syria’s besieged cities.
Conservation and innovation at the urban level have helped California weather five years of drought. Here are 10 leading experts helping California’s cities to be drought-proof and more water efficient.
Nujeen Mustafa, a Syrian teenager born with cerebral palsy, fled to Europe last year in a wheelchair. In an excerpt from “Nujeen,” a new book telling her story, she describes crossing the Aegean Sea on the same day that 3-year-old Alan Kurdi died.
Somali refugees who lived for decades in Kenya’s Dadaab camp are returning to Somalia via a repatriation program, only to find a fragile peace and shortage of supplies. New arrivals in Kismayo tell Ashley Hamer they feel let down and afraid.
An intrepid artist endeavors to complete a massive iceberg painting to communicate the dire condition of planet Earth – by focusing on the people who live in the Arctic.
American cartoonist Sarah Glidden details the personal stories of refugees and the many challenges of reporting on them in her comics journalism book “Rolling Blackouts.”
It wasn’t too long ago that the so-called “yuck factor” associated with recycled water was a deal breaker for many communities. But new research shows that Californians are warming to the concept.
As leaders met for the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, asylum seekers in Serbia – many of them Afghans – marched toward the border with Hungary. Photographer Danielle Villasana visited one of the makeshift settlements on the Serbian border where hundreds are stranded.
Following the first-ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial, representatives have agreed to strengthen Arctic observations and data sharing, thus expanding scientific understanding of the Arctic and building regional resilience.
Wissam lives with his wife in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has been under government siege since July. Violence is escalating in his neighborhood, but the teacher and activist wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Umer Ali travels to the Pakistani border city of Peshawar for the first in our “Return to Afghanistan” series, finding that the forced return of thousands of Afghan refugees is breaking up marriages and dividing families.
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed several news bills into law that impact California water. We take a look at six of these, which include measures aimed at providing help for failing water agencies, cutting down on excessive water use and making the most of stormwater.
The Syrian government’s recent tourism videos of beautiful scenery and nightlife look ludicrous to Westerners who know the brutal truth about Aleppo – but the West isn’t the intended audience for this publicity blitz.
World leaders are increasingly calling on businesses to play their part in meeting the global displacement crisis. Amid criticism that corporate social responsibility is merely reputational, we look at the evolving forms of private-sector engagement.
Forces allied with the Syrian government advanced over the weekend in Aleppo, as Syrian and Russian airstrikes continued to pound rebel-held areas of Syria’s largest city.
Farah is a young woman living in Syria’s capital city, where she faces the daily struggles of trying to maintain a normal social and professional life in a country being ripped apart by war.
A California loan program for clean water projects that usually runs a surplus can’t keep up with demand after the drought boosted interest in water recycling and reuse projects.
The U.S. objective in Syria is a political solution to the conflict. But for this to be successful, it will have to account for the complex governance structures and dynamics already established across Syria, write Daniel Serwer, Rose Youhana and Katherine Preston.
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