A longtime opponent of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a staunch advocate for women’s rights, the new Minister of ...

I became a refugee, a label that carries both immense hardship and profound strength. My story, I know, is not unique. It echoes the experiences of millions of Syrian women, internally and externally ...

At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the ...

We report on the fears of Syrian women that their new-found freedoms may be under threat with the rise of religious observance. Annette Young also talks to Mariam Jalabi, a co-founder of the ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, actress and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph, and photojournalist Lynsey Addario ...

Yet other refugees viewed the violence as an attempt at ethnic cleansing by Syria’s new rulers. “Why is this happening to us? It’s because we are Alawites,” said a 24-year-old woman from ...

Syria faced severe violence, with security forces accused of mass killings in Alawite-majority areas. Over 1,000 civilians ...