New Syrian Opposition Group Gets Thumbs Up From Facebook Users
Facebook is the bulletin board for the Syrian revolt.When a newly formed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, got some 18,000 "likes" within 48 hours, it was a sign that support is building...
View ArticleIn Syria, An Act Of Reconciliation Stirs Fierce Debate
After 20 months of violence in Syria, acts of reconciliation are scarce.When one took place earlier this month in the town of Tel Kalakh, near the border with Lebanon, it touched off a fierce...
View ArticleIn One Corner Of Syria, A Rebel Victory Results In Friction
When Syrian rebels seized the border post at Ras al-Ayn on Nov. 8, they celebrated the victory and went on to "liberate" the town, a place where both Arabs and Kurds live on Syria's northeast border...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Plan Free Election
In Aleppo province of northern Syria, rebel leaders are planning the first "free" election outside government control — imperfect as it may be. For the first time, towns and villages across the...
View ArticleDamascus Remains Cut Off By Fighting
For a second day, the Syrian capital, Damascus is cut off from the outside world, with the international airport shut, the Internet down and mobile phone lines working sporadically. There are reports...
View ArticleA Syrian Tank Shells Turkey, Yet The Response Is Silence. Why?
Whenever the Syrian military fires across the border into Turkey, it threatens to ignite a major confrontation.But sometimes the Turks choose to play down cross-border attacks on their territory, and...
View ArticleU.S. Steps Up Aid (But No Arms) To Syrian Exiles
The Obama administration remains wary about arming Syria's rebels. But when it comes to humanitarian aid, the U.S. contribution, over $250 million, is second only to Turkey.Then there is non-lethal...
View Article'It's A Disaster': Life Inside A Syrian Refugee Camp
It's early afternoon when the sun is bright, and it's finally warm enough to come outside. This tent camp on a hill overlooking the Turkish border, near the Syrian town of Atma, houses more than 14,000...
View ArticleU.S. Doctors Provide Supplies, Training To Syrians
Syria's health care system is collapsing after 21 months of revolt. According to a new report by the World Health Organization, half of the country's public hospitals have been destroyed in the...
View ArticleAmid Food Shortages, Syrian Opposition Now Runs Many Towns
As the Syrian opposition gains control of large swaths of territory in the country's north, local councils are emerging as the first alternative authority after 21 months of revolt.It is still unclear...
View ArticleSyria's War Leaves Its Scars On The Children
The war in Syria is taking a huge toll on the children. An international team of researchers that interviewed Syrian kids in a refugee camp in Turkey found that 3 out of 4 have lost a loved one. Almost...
View ArticleSyrian Opposition Fears Waning Western Support
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's talk next about the uprising in Syria, where many people are asking: What happened to the United States? The U.S. promised practical help to the Syrian...
View ArticleThrough Social Media, Tracking Rape In Syria
Rape has long been a weapon of war, but documenting sexual violence usually happens after a conflict is over. Researchers are taking a new path with the Syrian conflict: tracking the incidents of rape...
View ArticleA Visit To A Christian Community In Syria
Syria's minority Christians are caught in the middle of the country's 23-month conflict. Many members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East are fleeing Syria. Those who stay say...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels, Secular And Islamist, Both Claim The Future
Syria's Islamists have grown in influence as the war against President Bashar Assad's government grinds on.
View ArticleMiles From Home, Syrians Vote In Free Elections
In Syria's northern province of Aleppo, the war is far from over. Yet civilians are planning a dramatic gesture: an election for a civilian government.This weekend, delegates from across the province...
View ArticleThousands More Flee Syria After Latest Military Airstrikes
A new flood of Syrian refugees is streaming into southern Turkey after the Syrian air force bombed the city of Raqqah, a provincial capital that the government lost control of earlier this week.The...
View ArticleIn Ancient Aleppo, Plotting The Future
A soft-spoken, clean-shaven, 31-year-old aid worker hopes to determine, in part, the future of Aleppo, Syria's largest city.In a rare test of democracy, Abdul Rahman Kahir won a seat on the Aleppo...
View ArticleSyrian Cyber-Rebel Wages War, One Hack At A Time
The Internet is a battleground in Syria, a place where President Bashar Assad's regime has mounted a sophisticated surveillance campaign that includes monitoring and arresting activists by tracking...
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