

World Mar 16

For weeks during brief cease-fires in the volatile rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus, few Syrians left. That all changed this week as thousands escaping Syrian government bombings left by foot with the only belongings they could carry.
By Larisa Epatko
World Feb 23

Syrian government warplanes supported by Russia continued their relentless bombardment of the rebel-controlled eastern suburbs of Damascus for a sixth day Friday, killing 32 people, opposition activists and a war monitor reported. The death toll from the past week climbed…
By Zeina Karam, Associated Press
World Apr 06

President Donald Trump made the first direct U.S. attack on the Syrian government. Here's how we got there.
By Associated Press
World Mar 18

On Saturday, opposition fighters began to evacuate the last rebel-held neighborhood of Homs, Syria, where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began. As the Syrian civil war enters its seventh year, President Donald Trump’s administration said the U.S. would deploy…
By PBS NewsHour
Mar 17

By Larisa Epatko
Through activities like art classes intended to help them express their distress, children in Syria gradually learn to relax and draw houses and blue skies, rather than tanks and bomb-dropping planes.
About 3 million Syrian children are under the age of 6 and know nothing but war, says a new report from the nonprofit group Save the Children. Here's what you should know.
Oct 01

By Michael D. Regan
Airstrikes targeted hospitals in the Syrian city of Aleppo Saturday while government forces on the ground shelled rebel-held territory.
Jul 31

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson
Amidst the atrocities of the Syrian war, democratic groups have arisen across the country.
Jul 24

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson
Syrian government airstrikes hit five medical clinics in the country’s Aleppo Governorate in raids that began Saturday night.
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