Syrian refugees

Hadi Jasim was an Iraqi translator for the US military. Now he's a "global guide" at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery

Refugees from Syria and Iraq help visitors at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology make connections between history and the present day.

This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery
Muhammed Erdogan, the first Syrian turned Turkish citizen to run for parliament in Turkey, in front of his campaign truck.

The 'Syrian Erdogan' running in Turkey's parliamentary elections

The 'Syrian Erdogan' running in Turkey's parliamentary elections
Students in a welcome class for migrants attend a German language lesson at the Sankt Franziskus school in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 22, 2016.

There are about 400,000 refugee kids in Germany. Educating them is a 'national task.'

There are about 400,000 refugee kids in Germany. Educating them is a 'national task.'
Children pose near tents inside an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Syrian refugees resort to child labor in Lebanon

Syrian refugees resort to child labor in Lebanon
Christa Schmidt at the table in her apartment in Traunreut where she tutors refugees in German. Schmidt’s parents were German refugees from Romania.

A small German city finds it's not easy welcoming hundreds of Syrian refugees

A small German city finds it's not easy welcoming hundreds of Syrian refugees
Wesam Daas, left, with Carnival revelers in Altenmarkt, Bavaria.

After fleeing Palmyra, this Syrian family is trying to find home in small-town Germany

The Daas family has been without a home since early 2015. After ISIS invaded their hometown of Palmyra, Syria, they escaped to Turkey, then took a boat to Greece and are now trying to rebuild their lives in Bavaria, Germany. It's one thing to find safety, but they're discovering it's much harder to make a home.

After fleeing Palmyra, this Syrian family is trying to find home in small-town Germany
A general view shows tents for Syrian refugees at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias, a town in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon, on March 28, 2017.

Lebanon banned all protests after Syrians called for better refugee conditions

Lebanon has the world's largest per-capita concentration of refugees. When Syrian activists planned a demonstration in Beirut to “defend the rights of Syrians in Lebanon,” the authorities slapped a ban on protesting across the board.

Lebanon banned all protests after Syrians called for better refugee conditions
Men dig graves inside a graveyard for Syrian refugees in the village of Taalabaya, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Jan. 10, 2016.

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are running out of space to bury their dead

More than 1 million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon, and about 10,000 die each year. The vast majority of them are Sunni Muslims, whose faith prohibits cremation. In a country about one-third of the size of Belgium, burial space has become a pressing issue. One Syrian is doing his part to help.

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are running out of space to bury their dead
Jamal is a Syrian refugee living in Tokyo. He's made friends there and learned Japanese. But he misses Syrian food.

Meet one of the handful of Syrians granted asylum in Japan

In 2016, Japan received a record number of applications for refugee status. It rejected 99 percent of them.

Meet one of the handful of Syrians granted asylum in Japan
Zaher Said came to Turkey in July 2011. He's holding his Syrian passport, which is about to expire, in his home in Gaziantep, Turkey, on May 20, 2017.

The bureaucratic nightmare of obtaining a Syrian passport abroad

A Syrian passport once cost $9 and took only a few hours to issue. As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, Syrians in Turkey are paying up to $2,000 and waiting for months to get one of the world’s weakest passports.

The bureaucratic nightmare of obtaining a Syrian passport abroad
Zainab Abdo

Worldwide, nearly 100,000 college-ready Syrians can't get higher education

The war in Syria has had devastating effects on access to education for children remaining in Syria, and for those who are now refugees. Zainab Abdo, 21, is one of them.

Worldwide, nearly 100,000 college-ready Syrians can't get higher education
Mizgin, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family are living with Rachel Miller's family for the year.

For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story

This year, Rachel Miller's family in the Boston area is sharing the Jewish holiday of Passover with a Syrian family living with them for the year.

For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story
Syrian refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece

Mental health is the latest casualty of the refugee crisis.

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece
A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, April 4, 2017.

President Trump, you bombed Assad for killing 'beautiful babies.' Why won't you accept refugee kids?

The US launched its first direct strike on the Syrian regime Friday morning local time after a suspected Damascus-ordered chemical attack killed at least 70 people Tuesday in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. The attack inspired US President Donald Trump to bomb a Syrian airfield. But will it change his thinking about Syrian refugees?

President Trump, you bombed Assad for killing 'beautiful babies.' Why won't you accept refugee kids?
Um Mohammed, a Syrian refugee hailing from the southern Daraa region, stands in her wedding dress shop in Jordan's Zaatari camp. Expecting another child, Um Mohammed said she opened the shop a year and a half ago to help generate extra income for her grow

This refugee camp in Jordan has turned into a frontier town for Syrians escaping war

When you think of a refugee camp, what comes to mind? Not avocados and wedding gowns, right? But those are some of the things you can find in Zataari, the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

This refugee camp in Jordan has turned into a frontier town for Syrians escaping war