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The long-distance learners of Aleppo

(BBC)- Mariam Hammad, despite every adversity of war and hardship, is trying to be a student in Aleppo in the dark heart of Syria's civil war. "My city has turned to ruins," she says. Despite being in constant danger, forced out of her home twice by shelling and living without...

Syrian family mourns shattered American dream

After nearly 24 hours of exhausting travel from war-ravaged Syria, the Abu Assaleh family arrived in Philadelphia, brimming with excitement to begin their new life in the United States. The Christian family of eight had waited more than 13 years since first applying for the immigration visas...

A Syrian tries to make it back to Virginia

Despite the chaos at airports around the world on Saturday, some travelers from the affected countries, desperate to get back to their families, still tested their luck on Sunday, hoping that the restrictions had somehow eased. One of them, Radwan Ziadeh, a Syrian academic and human...