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Why A Classic Levantine Dish Is Sailing From Canada To Syrian Refugee Camps

7:00am April 27, 2019

by Jack Allen

Refugee women from a group called Newcomer Kitchen are cooking traditional Levantine food for their community in Toronto — and have found a way to share it with displaced Syrians in the Middle East.

Tima Kurdi holds her necklace bearing a photograph of her nephews, Alan (left) and Ghalib Kurdi. She is the author of The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home.

An Aunt's Memoir: Remembering The Drowned Syrian Boy On The Beach

10:55am August 31, 2018

by Diane Cole

Tima Kurdi has written a book that tells the story of the family's attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece in a rubber boat — and the struggle to make sense of the tragedy.

This image made from video shows a medical worker administering oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in Douma. The Syrian government denied the allegations.

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Syrian Government Accused Of Killing Dozens In Chemical Attack

11:25pm April 08, 2018

by Alexis Diao

The reported chemical attack in Syria has killed at least 42 in the Ghouta region, near the capital Damascus. The Syrian government calls the reports "fabricated."

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture as they prepare to destroy it in city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday.

Turkish Forces Seize Syrian City of Afrin

11:58am March 18, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The Turkish military has taken control of Afrin, a city in northwestern Syria. An advocacy group says nearly 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting.

Local All Star Orchestra Concerts To Benefit Syrian Refugees

7:04am August 18, 2017

by David Ford

Musicians from the Winston-Salem and Greensboro symphonies are teaming up this weekend for a good cause. They are performing for free, and they're doing it to raise money for Syrian refugees.

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Buses carry Syrians as they leave on Friday from Madaya, an opposition-held town near Damascus, Syria.

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Four Besieged Syrian Towns Are Being Evacuated In Reciprocal Swap

5:00pm April 14, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

In northern Syria, residents of Shia minority villages, long besieged by rebels, are leaving. Hundreds of miles away, two towns besieged by Syrian troops and their allies have started evacuating.

Burned, twisted metal from motorcycles covered an area where a suicide attacker blew up his small pickup truck outside a security office on Friday in the village of Sousian in northern Syria.

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Car Bomb Kills More Than 50 People Near Syrian Town Captured From ISIS

2:01pm February 24, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

At least 34 of the dead reportedly were civilians. The blast happened just north of al-Bab, at a checkpoint crowded with people who had fled the fighting and were preparing to return to their homes.

Russian military engineers drive armored personnel carriers in Aleppo, Syria, in a photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry.

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Syrian Rebel Factions Say They're Freezing Participation In Peace Talks

9:38am January 03, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The rebels cited breaches of a cease-fire agreement by forces loyal to the Syrian government. This casts doubt on their participation in peace talks in Kazakhstan set to take place later this month.

A Syrian woman carries her belongings past Kurdish fighters as she flees on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says shelling has killed 26 people who were trying to flee eastern Aleppo.

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PHOTOS: Mass Exodus From Aleppo's Rebel Stronghold As Regime Forces Close In

4:01pm November 30, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

More than 50,000 people have fled eastern Aleppo in the past four days, according to a monitoring group. This battle for the city could mark a turning point in Syria's war, now in its sixth year.

Syrian pro-government forces walk past damaged houses in eastern Aleppo, near Masaken Hanano, on November 23.

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Syrian Government Forces Retake Rebel-Held Areas In Aleppo

10:24am November 27, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad have retaken the largest rebel-held district in the city, Masaken Hanano.