Syrians

Shrinking international aid and enduring conflict compound earthquake misery for Syrians one year on

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JINDERIS, Syria — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake. The 16-year-old and his father managed to flee before … Read more

How the Turkey Earthquake Gave Syrians a Style of Freedom

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When a collection of earthquakes killed 1000’s alongside the Turkish-Syrian border in February, lots of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees who settled in Turkey after the start of the civil struggle returned to Syria. The Turkish authorities had initially granted Syrian refugees permission to depart the quake-hit Turkish provinces for as much as two months; … Read more