Syrian Refugee Bakers in Germany

Björn now employs ten refugees and asylum-seekers. Together, they make up a sixth of his workforce and among them are several trainees like Mohamad, who started out as a part-time employee

Meet the Press

Staffan de Mistura (centre), United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, briefs press after consultations on Syria in Geneva

Syrian Refugees: The Looming Winter Months...

Suffering from spinal and back problems, Hilal’s only lifeline is the cash assistance he receives from UNHCR. The money helps him buy heating and winter clothes for his children

Hundreds of Bodies Exhumed From Raqqa...

Syrian workers in Raqqa have unearthed a mass grave containing hundreds of bodies of civilians and Islamic State fighters

Study: Terrorism Deaths Declining Globally

According to the CSIS report, compared with 2017, IS attacks against Iraqi government targets increased in 2018. The terror group has been carrying out an average of 78 attacks per month

Syrian Refugees Health Care

Syrian refugee Walaa Abdelkareem was born with a congenital heart defect, a condition caused by a lack of oxygenated blood and heart structure

Syria’s Makeshift Oil Refineries Raise Health,...

Oil workers recognize the risks that come with their profession, but they say unemployment forced them into it

Art in a Suitcase Depicts Wartorn...

Mohamad Hafez, an architect who designs skyscrapers, is better known as the artist who builds replicas of war torn homes

A Women-Only Village in Northern Syria...

A new village has been built specifically for women in northern Syria’s Rojava region. The name of the village is Jinwar, which means a place for women in Kurdish. It has 30 identical houses, each of which is made from red clay. VOA’s Zana Omer visited the village and filed this report, narrated by Bezhan …

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