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Kurdish women wearing traditional clothes pose for a picture.

Women's Medical Education in Rojava

by Ahmet Bekisoglu, Gulbin Ahmad

Kurdish women are needed to ensure security and safety in the war-torn region

Migration
Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli.

Kurdish Resilience in the Face of Turmoil

by Ahmet Bekisoglu

The humanitarian crisis in Rojava demands urgent international attention

Two men stand on rubble from a building that collapsed from last month's deadly earthquake in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria, on March 12, 2023.
Poverty

Syrians Need Stable Humanitarian Aid

by Houssam al-Nahhas, Kasra Zarei 

Syrians have long suffered from preventable harms and a devastating earthquake compounds those difficulties.

A Syrian refugee from Damascus, carries a child as she enters her tent, at the Majdal Anjar refugee camp in Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, on September 9, 2013.
Migration

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

by Ali H. Mokdad, Samar Al-Hajj

Substandard living conditions leave Syrian refugees at a higher risk of injury than native Lebanese people

A man clears rubble from a psychiatric hospital that was destroyed by Russian forces
Governance

From Aleppo to Mariupol

Attacks on medical facilities in Syria and Ukraine will leave lasting scars

A general view shows buildings in Beirut during Lebanon's countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus on April 1, 2020. Picture shows a view of a section of city filling the fame with buildings but very few people apparent on the streets. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Governance

Coronavirus in Lebanon

Interview with Walid Ammar, head of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, on testing, funding, and the threat to refugees

A worker in protective suit sprays disinfectants in front of a dress shop at popular market following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Basra, Iraq on March 10, 2020. This is an interesting photo showing a colorful dress shop with a worker walking by outside in protective gear spraying disinfectant. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
Governance

Coronavirus in the Middle East

by Steven A. Cook

A look at COVID-19 in seven countries, some fragile or failed, which illustrates many of the problems the region faces

A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo's al-Shaar district on July 10, 2014. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. The photo shows a boy leaping in mid-air into a water-filled hole. The water is muddy brown, and two other boys can be seen swimming in the hole with their heads bobbing out. Surrounding them is rubble. This is a powerful image. REUTERS/Hosam Katan
Gender

Baby in a Bomb Shelter

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Oscar nominated documentary “For Sama” gives powerful if gruesome glimpse of what it’s like to raise a kid in a war zone