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Syrian boy looks through window at refugee camp with plants placed in yellow and white cans attached

Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’

Most Syrian children have missed years — if not decades — of schooling due to war and displacement. The conditions in Lebanon mean they could miss even more.

Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’
A man is washed following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Duma, Syria in this still image from video obtained by Reuters on April 8, 2018.

Russia accuses Israel over strike on Syrian air base

Russia accuses Israel over strike on Syrian air base
Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.

Syria's concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

Syria's concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling
Syrian refugees fleeing Syria

A children's book introduces German kids to the true story of Syrian refugees

A children's book introduces German kids to the true story of Syrian refugees
Syrian Army forces look on as buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria.

As Syrian rebels evacuate, they leave behind a battered Homs

As Syrian rebels evacuate, they leave behind a battered Homs
A Syrian refugee woman stands near her tent at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 15, 2015.

'They told me they were going to melt me in acid if I continue the work I was doing'

Lubna Shaheen was born in Homs, Syria. Soon after the revolution took off, she began volunteering as a humanitarian worker. The Syrian regime, however, wasn't happy about her work.

'They told me they were going to melt me in acid if I continue the work I was doing'
Children, who are internally displaced due to the fighting between rebels and the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, play inside Al-Tah camp in the southern Idlib countryside July 4, 2014.

Children tell their own grim stories from war zones

Children make up a big part of the population in places like Syria and Gaza, where hundreds have been killed in the fighting so far. For many of them, they have barely known a life without death or conflict.

Children tell their own grim stories from war zones
Syrian rebels say Abu Hurayra al-Amriki is a US citizen who successfully detonated a  suicide bomber in Syria's Idlib province on Sunday.

What does it mean if the first American suicide bomber in Syria has hit his target?

Syria's rebels say the first American suicide bomber in Syria carried out a successful bombing on Sunday. Aryn Baker, Time's Middle East bureau chief, says hundreds of Westerners have joined the ranks of extremist groups in Syria.

What does it mean if the first American suicide bomber in Syria has hit his target?
Residents arrive on foot to inspect their homes in the Wadi Al-Sayeh district of Homs, May 14th 2014.

Syria's civil war shattered the city of Homs, and some there say it was for nothing

For many outsiders, Homs is a symbol of the utter destruction and senselessness of the Syrian civil war. After two years of fighting, the government once again controls the city, or least what is left of it. Our BBC colleague Soumer Daghastani, who is from Homs, describes what the fighting has meant for his family.

Syria's civil war shattered the city of Homs, and some there say it was for nothing
Much of Homs is a devastated and deserted wasteland. This photo is from March.

Rebels surrender most of the key city of Homs in Syria

Rebels in Syria have begun evacuating all but one small part of the key city of Homs. After months of siege and bombardment, the rebels cut a deal to surrender the town, but without becoming prisoners. Martin Chulov of the Guardian newspaper explains the deal and its significance.

Rebels surrender most of the key city of Homs in Syria
A man sits amid debris after an apparently random air attack by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Aleppo earlier this week. The civil war has no end in sight.

Three reasons why Syria's civil war has no end in sight

Liz Sly of the Washington Post tells PRI's The World the reasons she sees behind the stalemate in Syria's civil war — and why she expects it to continue.

Three reasons why Syria's civil war has no end in sight
Vehicles burn after two car bombs exploded in the Karm al-Louz neighbourhood in Homs.

Why some rebels are 'determined to make a last stand' in the Syrian city of Homs

Intense clashes in the Syrian city of Homs pit government troops against Islamist fighters who are primarily aligned with the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida affiliate. Wall Street Journal correspondent Sam Dagher is there and says that despite the fighting, Syria's government is pushing ahead with effort to prepare the city for June elections.

Why some rebels are 'determined to make a last stand' in the Syrian city of Homs
Molly Crabapple's portrait of Fatima Meghlaj, age two, who died in a bombing of her hometown in Syria

Why artist Molly Crabapple decided to sketch Syria's dead

From the Occupy Wall Street movement to the economic crisis in Greece, artist Molly Crabapple has never shied away from politically charged stories. Now, she's lending her artistic talents to a project commemorating the more than 100,000 Syrians who have died during the past three years of conflict. The idea, she says, is to remember these people as individuals, not statistics.

Why artist Molly Crabapple decided to sketch Syria's dead
Children sit with their belongings as they wait to be evacuated from a besieged area of Homs February 12, 2014.

Aid workers scramble to assist people evacuated from Homs during a shaky ceasefire

More residents of the besieged Syrian city of Homs were able to evacuate Wednesday, as a shaky ceasefire allowed a UN humanitarian intervention to continue.

Aid workers scramble to assist people evacuated from Homs during a shaky ceasefire
Escaping Homs

Many of those trapped in the Syrian city of Homs are finally getting out

At least 1,100 people have been evacuated from Homs, a city that has been under siege for nearly three years during Syria's civil war. But twice as many are still left in the city, either too sick or scared to leave. And a UN official says those evacuated are often just "a bag of bones.

Many of those trapped in the Syrian city of Homs are finally getting out