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Dima Basha (right) watches dubbed cartoons with her daughter, Angelina, to help her learn formal Arabic.

How SpongeBob SquarePants is helping one Syrian woman preserve her culture for her daughter

A Syrian mother in Massachusetts worried her young daughter was losing her formal Arabic — fusha. So, she came up with a plan that involved cartoons dubbed in Arabic.

How SpongeBob SquarePants is helping one Syrian woman preserve her culture for her daughter
A woman walks along a damaged street in Aleppo, Syria February 2, 2017.

Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?

Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?
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United Nations urges Syrian government to allow aid deliveries

United Nations urges Syrian government to allow aid deliveries
Three men sit in rubble in white helmets

How to help: Some of the groups that worked to save Omran Daqneesh — and countless others — in Syria

How to help: Some of the groups that worked to save Omran Daqneesh — and countless others — in Syria
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Images of a shocked, bloodied young boy in Aleppo go viral

Images of a shocked, bloodied young boy in Aleppo go viral
Civil defense members carry a casualty after an airstrike in the rebel held area of al-Sukari in Aleppo.

A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo

Working in the besieged Syrian city tests the resolve of even the most daring doctors.

A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo
Young migrants and refugees walk through a town in northern Serbia toward the Hungarian border. There's a fear that young men like these might bring violence with them.

These men say they're leaving Syria because they don't want to fight anyone

People in Europe and the US worry that Syrians fleeing the war will bring violence with them. But some young Syrian men say they want no part of the violence. That's why they're leaving.

These men say they're leaving Syria because they don't want to fight anyone
 Free Syrian Army fighters snap a picture of an elderly man using a mobile phone in Old Aleppo, Syria.

In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

Technology is changing life in war zones, and for some in Syria it can mean vital access to clean water.

In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water
Christianne Boudreau and her son Damian Clairmont who died fighting for an extremist group in Syria.

Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.

Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.

Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.