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Chapter 2: Into the Promised Land
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn Rashed wandered aimlessly in the dark, autumn leaves and twigs crunching under...
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By Lauren Bohn and Tania Karas LESVOS, Greece – Through a barbed wire fence, 17-year-old Syrian refugee Asma...
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Chapter 1: Out of Syria
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Syrian food is the connection to my family’s homeland
My parents are from Syria. My grandparents are from Syria. My Syrian heritage stretches back centuries. But I...
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Faces of Syria’s Lost Generation
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon – They are two faces of what many here fear is a “lost generation” of...
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‘Death waves us good morning through the windows’: Covering Syria five years on
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Did We Get Here?
By Charles M. Sennott and Kevin Douglas Grant It was five years ago this month that the war...
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Syrian Refugees of Jordan’s and Lebanon’s Camps
Jordan Ahamd Caher, 15, a Syrian refugee from Golan Heights, sits on a bed in his family’s caravan...
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