Syria’s Refugees: The Catastrophe. 1. In early June 2011, some three months into the uprising against the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Syrian government forces began preparing for a large-scale assault on Jisr al-Shughour…
Using Facebook, Cameras, and Cash, Syrian Refugees Are Trying to Save Each Other. Mohamad drives with one hand, squinting at the afternoon sun as his phone rings for the fifth time in the past half an hour. The lanky 25-year-old Syrian shrugs the mobile to his ear with one shoulder…