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Dinner With Syrian Refugees: A Meal Every Member of Congress Should Have
Syrian refugees are struggling with depression, poverty and other hardships. It's time Congress recognized their humanity.
Dispatch From Beirut: The Absence of the Cedar Tree in the Global Iconography of Mourning
Many people are overlaying their Facebook pictures with a transparent French flag.
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The 100-Day Journey: How Two Brothers Migrated From Syria to Sweden
The mother of two teenage sons, who traveled from Syria to Sweden, recounts their 100-day journey by land and sea.
From Resisting Definition to Resisting Exploitation: The Ongoing Struggle of Domestic Workers in Lebanon
The government rejects informal union of domestic workers despite its failure to address an alarming number of their deaths.
Lebanon: The Forgotten Front
While the world's attention has been focused on the combined efforts of Arab and US forces attacking “Islamic State” positions in Iraq and Syria, there is unfolding in Lebanon, …
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Gaza’s Doctors Struggle to Provide Basic Care Amid Strikes on Ambulances, Health Workers, Hospitals
The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that there have been 35 separate incidents of attacks on various medical institutions and health facilities.
Syria’s Ongoing Carnage
As carnage in Syria mounts and allies on all sides tweak their strategies, no yet-discovered path leads to peace.
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US Pulls Staff from Outposts in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq
Citing increased threats to American citizens as the United States debates military action in Syria, the Obama administration on Friday ordered nonessential personnel out of its embassy in neighboring …
Syrian Uprising Morphs Into Regional and Global Wars
A divided, balkanized Syria looms as a dangerous possibility as even UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon acknowledges the conflict has become a proxy war between world powers.