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Dr. Khatchig Mouradian Dr. Khatchig Mouradian will speak on his new book, “The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918.” The presentation, which will be held on Saturday, March 27 at 10 a.m., is part of the Spring 2021 Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program and is supported by the Leon S. Peters Foundation. “The Resistance Network ” is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman ...

Razan Zaitouneh — The missing face of Syrias revolution Her fight against injustice made her enemies on all sides of the war. Ten years after Syrias revolution, DW looks back on her life — and the dark fate that awaited Razan Zaitouneh in rebel-held territory. As a trained human rights lawyer, Zaitouneh fought for the rights of prisoners regardless of political orientation Razan Zaitouneh was beaming as she swayed among the protesters. She was caught up in defiant revelry as she joined the...

By Syndicated Content By Mahmoud Hassouna ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Mohammed Abu Rdan has known nothing but conflict throughout his short life. Born in rural Aleppo in 2011 when peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assads government began, his childhood is anything but typical. The protests quickly turned into a multi-sided conflict that has sucked in world powers, killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more and with it upended Abu Rdans life. Now liv...

Published date: 15 March 2021 12:22 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks 1 day ago Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked western powers to support Turkey to bring an end to the war in Syria, casting Ankara as a stabilising force that defends democracy against the Syrian government amid a wave of attacks on Turkish-held territories. In an op-ed published on Monday on the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising, Erdogan said Turkey has called for an in...

Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images A Syrian child poses atop a stack of neutralized shells at a metal scrapyard on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in the northwestern Idlib province, Syria last week. Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images On March 15, 2011, protesters inspired by successful "Arab Spring" uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, rallied in Syria to call for an end to their own repressi...

Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assads government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising that quickly turned into a full-blown civil war.

American and European governments have failed to match their rhetoric on human rights with action to protect civilians.

Inside Syria, millions face destitution after a decade of pain Format Amal’s mother Samar, 37, sits with her daughter, who lost a leg in an explosion aged 18-months. © UNHCR/Bassam Diab Compounding crises increase misery for Syrian families trying to pick up the pieces after ten years of conflict, including 6.7 million people still displaced inside the country. By Bathoul Ahmed in Aleppo, Syria | 15 March 2021 In a dimly lit room of the tiny apartment in Aleppo where her family now lives, ...

15 March 2021 To commemorate the tragic 10 year anniversary of the start of the Syrian uprising and subsequent brutal and ongoing war, Channel 4 News and Current Affairs is to highlight its extensive coverage of the conflict. From March 15th, All 4 will be showcasing some of the defining programmes that brought new understanding to a conflict that has devastated a nation and created the biggest refugee crisis in living memory. Headlining the curation is the BAFTA-winning and Academy A...

Several decades later, he’s a father of six children, unemployed and facing the worst economic crisis Syria has ever seen. After living through years of conflict and displacement, soaring food prices have put even basic foods beyond reach. When he talks about struggling to feed his family, he says “the pain that I live with cannot be described”.   “Each day that comes is, unfortunately, worse than the one before,” he adds. “The days are becoming harsher. We used to manage our livi...