Truthout
Syria
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Thousands of Unaccompanied Refugee Children Travel to Sweden
Defying the odds of a difficult journey and surviving abuses by smugglers, most youth are fleeing violent conflict or poverty.
What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
No one is predicting a world war from the mess in Syria. However, one finds a lot of pieces in play inside a tinderbox.
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Why Should We Care What the Republican Candidates Say About Syria?
“No fly zone” is a marketing euphemism for “war.”
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Send in the White Helmets
have you heard about the White Helmets, the unarmed peacekeeping and first responders in Syria?
Clinton Syria Fact Check: “Safe Zones” = “Ground Troops“
Anyone calling for “safe zones” in Syria must concede that “safe zones” equate to “ground troops.”
Putting Out the Syrian Fire: Can Diplomacy Do What War Couldn’t?
Diplomacy offers a potential path to a different history, a path away from ceaseless violence.
Latin America Unified in Addressing Refugee Crisis
Countries in Latin America have always dealt with refugees, migrating either from neighboring countries or from abroad.
Deprived of Right to Work, Refugees Struggle to Subsist Outside Syria
Barred from legal work, many Syrian refugees are forced to labor in the informal economy for little pay.
WikiLeaks Reveals How the US Aggressively Pursued Regime Change in Syria, Igniting a Bloodbath
Knowing that the US never really abandoned a regime-change policy in Syria informs our understanding of US military intervention in Syria today.
Cheney, Bush, Give Your Home to a Refugee
At least 850,000 people are fleeing war in Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and sub Saharan Africa without shelter or safety.