As Syria charts a new course and transitional justice efforts proceed, advocates see a unique opportunity to reform the country’s nationality law and address statelessness.
Grinding poverty keeps thousands of children out of school and on the job in northwestern Syria. Across the country, more than 43 percent of children do not go to school, raising fears of a generation left behind.
Facing the impacts of climate change and the fallout of a war that turned water into a weapon, what are Syria’s children learning about the dangers of the water crisis they face?
Villages on the line of contact between regime and Turkish-backed opposition forces in the southern Afrin countryside live under constant threat of unpredictable shelling. The volatile security situation leaves families choosing between sending their children to school, despite the risks, or depriving them of an education in the hopes of keeping them safe.
Women returning to Raqqa from the al-Hol detention camp face major challenges as they seek to turn the page on their past. While they describe themselves as victims, some of their neighbors still view them as part of the Islamic State.
Nearly five years after Daraa returned to Damascus’ control, humanitarian organizations that previously sponsored children who lost their parents have not been able to resume their work, leaving children to face extreme poverty or the labor market, leaving school behind.
On the twelfth anniversary of the Syrian revolution, our reporter Walid Al Nofal reflects on his personal experience.
Coinciding with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, more than 300 children who live in displacement camps or work in opposition-controlled Idlib are participating in a parallel soccer tournament: the Camps World Cup.
In Turkey, residency restrictions for Syrian refugees are one factor driving children out of classrooms and into factories.
In opposition-held Idlib, thousands of teachers have been working without pay due to lost funding, some for as long as two years. Now at their breaking point, they are on strike.
