Conflict & Justice
GlobalPost
September 08, 2016
Libertarian Gary Johnson replied to a TV interviewer's question as if they were talking about a newly discovered fungus — and not Syria's largest city and front line in the civil war. Later, Johnson said, "I have to get smarter."
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Conflict & Justice
Driving without headlights in besieged eastern Aleppo
PRI's The World
October 13, 2016
The only female obstetrician left in eastern Aleppo says she's living in a ghost town.
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Conflict & Justice
Fighting continues to shake Aleppo as the UN envoy pushes truce efforts
Agence France-Presse
November 20, 2016
Fresh fighting shook Syria's Aleppo on Sunday with a rebel attack killing at least eight children at a school, as the UN's envoy struggled to push peace efforts in Damascus.
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Politics
Syrian Armenian Refugees Back President Assad
PRI's The World
April 01, 2013
Among the more than one million Syrians who've fled the war are Syrians of Armenian descent. Unlike most Syrian refugees, they're Christian. And many of them fear that if Syrian Bashar al-Assad leaves, they can never go home again.
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Conflict & Justice
The last female OB-GYN in eastern Aleppo explains why she keeps working in a city under siege
PRI's The World
August 16, 2016
Dr. Farida is among 29 doctors in the besieged Syrian city who have appealed to President Obama for help. They say they are being deliberately targeted by the Syrian regime.
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Conflict & Justice
Photographer who took Omran's picture in Aleppo: 'I hope all photos of children and attacks in Syria go viral'
GlobalPost
August 19, 2016
Updated
"The White Helmet carried the boy to the ambulance and laid him on the chair. I kept filming. It is then that I realized how traumatized the boy was and I changed the camera from filming to take a still picture." Here's Mahmoud Roslan's full account of how it happened.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a punk rocker from DC got interested in ancient songs from Syria
PRI's The World
January 26, 2015
Jason Hamacher is a punk rock drummer from Washington, DC, but he's interesting in exploring new sounds of all kinds. That's how he ended up recording Sufi singers in Aleppo, Syria, and preserving their songs before civil war destroyed the country.
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Conflict & Justice
In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water
PRI's The World
August 26, 2015
Technology is changing life in war zones, and for some in Syria it can mean vital access to clean water.
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Conflict & Justice
In besieged Aleppo, death from above can come at any moment
PRI's The World
October 05, 2016
Abdul Kafi Al Hamdo says when the revolution began, he just wanted a better life for the next generation.
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Syrian Rebels Retreat From Their 'Alamo' in Aleppo Neighborhood
PRI's The World
August 21, 2012
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Syria's economy crippled by unrest, sanctions
PRI's The World
August 29, 2011
US and European sanctions on Syria putting the hurt on an economy already reeling from instability and uncertainty.