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Syria Conflict Creates Refugee and Economic Crisis in Lebanon
Since the Syrian uprising in 2011, the world has been informed of the refugee crisis, Assad’s brutal regime, as well as internal and external factors that are affecting the war. Leaders from al...
Syria – The Future of Proxy Wars?
The situation in Syria has been a proxy war almost from the very beginning. Conflicts in the past have been characterized as proxy wars if the conflict is between foreign powers but takes place o...
In Besieged and Starving Madaya, Syria – Assad’s Bargaining Power Grows
Over the course of the last week mounting pressure from Syrian activists, humanitarian aid agencies, and international organizations has successfully focused the world’s attention onto the bes...
Syrian Refugees Find Little Hope for Resettlement in the U.S.
The Syrian civil war, with its origin in the country’s 2011 Arab Spring anti-Assad protests, has left the country riddled with sectarian violence. As the various militant groups trade control o...
What is Turkey’s Role in Syria and in the Fight Against ISIS?
The Middle East is facing turbulent times. The rise of the Iraq and Syria based militant group, ISIS, has demanded the attention of many in the world. Whether it be from ISIS, other militants, or...
Large influx of refugees causing unique urban issues worldwide
A recent article by Murtaza Haider in the Pakistan-based publication Dawn highlighted the blight of cities in Pakistan due to their rapid, unplanned urban development and wrong-headed urbanizat...
Chicago groups rally for peace in Syria
“Hands off Syria-no new wars!” and “Money for jobs and education not for wars and occupation!” were some of the many chants that protesters from all over Chicago cried out on Tuesday July...
Possibilities for US intervention in Syria remain limited
It has been over two years since the outbreak of civil war in Syria and there remains no clear end in sight. Rebels, unorganized and without sufficient military support, continue their efforts to...
Chicago children rally for change in Syria
On Monday, June 17, children and teens, along with their summer camp counselors from the Muslim American Society (MAS), rallied in Millennium Park to raise awareness about the current situation ...
Israel’s attack on Syria could spawn an even larger conflict
On Sunday May 5th, Israel carried out an airstrike against targets in the suburbs of Damascus, including the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, which is responsible for Syria’s biological...
Syria’s orphan revolution
When I was eleven years old, my father said to me: “Don’t you ever say the word ‘regime’ and don’t mention Hafez Al Assad’s name at all.” There was a saying among the public refer...
The children of Syria: A history of violence
Recently, I read an article in the New York Times, titled “Syrian Children Offer Glimpse of a Future of Repr isals.” In it, David Kilpatrick wrote of the hundreds of Syrian children in Jord...