Syrian Rebels Carve Buffer Zone Near Turkish Border
At this isolated part of the Turkish border, there's just one Turkish guard, a fence and, beyond an olive grove, Syria.The Syrian side is just a short walk, perhaps 10 minutes. The area looks...
View ArticleFor Syrian-American Doctors, A Painful Homecoming
The Turkish border is a key link for the revolt in neighboring Syria. Turkish ambulances are stationed at border crossings to cope with the flood of injured Syrians, often as many as 30 a day.
View ArticleA Syrian Defector Confronts A Sectarian Divide
The violence in Syria is increasingly being called a civil war, and it can also be called a sectarian war, because much of the fighting pits the majority Sunni Muslims against the minority Alawites who...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Burden Neighboring Turkey
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep.The number of Syrians fleeing their country is rising dramatically. You...
View ArticleDespite Bitter Fighting, A Prisoner Swap In Syria
The bitter fighting in Syria seems to grow worse by the day, yet the rebels and the government do occasionally manage to work out something that requires each side to trust the other: prisoner swaps.In...
View ArticleConflict Of Cultures Brews In A Distressed Syria
After a month-long offensive in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, rebels are struggling under a fierce counter offensive by the Syrian military and the outcome is far from clear.
View ArticleRelentless Attacks Send Syrians Fleeing For Relief
Syria's president has vowed to crush the rebels by any means; his air force has not spared the towns and villages that support rebel brigades. In August, the death toll often topped 250 a day,...
View ArticleUnder The Shadow Of Jets, A Syrian Town Presses On
Syrian air force jets bombed the rebel-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 18 people, according to Syrian activists.Over the summer, the rebels gained control of a number...
View ArticleA Syrian Village Is Oasis Of Calm Amid Conflict
Driving into Kfar Ghan, you notice the difference right away: The shops are open, there are kids on the street, there's even a row of open-air vegetable stalls and a crowd of shoppers.There is a full...
View ArticleSyrian Activists Take On New And Riskier Roles
On a recent day in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, there's an edgy energy when a pickup truck armed with a heavy machine gun screeches to a halt.Wild-eyed and high-flving, the young rebels in the...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Fear Radicals May Hijack Revolt
Homegrown rebels have done most of the fighting against the Syrian government troops.
View ArticleIn Syria, Aleppo Today Is Must-See TV For Survival
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View ArticleU.S. Steps Up Aid (But No Arms) To Syrian Exiles
The Obama administration remains wary about arming Syria's rebels. But when it comes to humanitarian aid, the U.S. contribution, over $250 million, is second only to Turkey.Then there is non-lethal...
View Article'It's A Disaster': Life Inside A Syrian Refugee Camp
It's early afternoon when the sun is bright, and it's finally warm enough to come outside. This tent camp on a hill overlooking the Turkish border, near the Syrian town of Atma, houses more than 14,000...
View ArticleU.S. Doctors Provide Supplies, Training To Syrians
Syria's health care system is collapsing after 21 months of revolt. According to a new report by the World Health Organization, half of the country's public hospitals have been destroyed in the...
View ArticleSyria's War Leaves Its Scars On The Children
The war in Syria is taking a huge toll on the children. An international team of researchers that interviewed Syrian kids in a refugee camp in Turkey found that 3 out of 4 have lost a loved one. Almost...
View ArticleSyrian Opposition Fears Waning Western Support
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's talk next about the uprising in Syria, where many people are asking, what happened to the United States? The U.S. promised practical help to the Syrian opposition,...
View ArticleThrough Social Media, Tracking Rape In Syria
Rape has long been a weapon of war, but documenting sexual violence usually happens after a conflict is over. Researchers are taking a new path with the Syrian conflict: tracking the incidents of rape...
View ArticleNewly Displaced Syrians Head For Turkish Border
A new surge of Syrian refugees is swamping humanitarian aid agencies in southern Turkey, where official refugee camps are full.But the newcomers may be just the tip of the iceberg. In central Syria,...
View ArticleA Visit To A Christian Community In Syria
Syria's minority Christians are caught in the middle of the country's 23-month conflict. Many members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East are fleeing Syria. Those who stay say...
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