A Raqqa resident asks why militia had to destroy his city to liberate it

Trump’s travel ban sows confusion and fear, even among those eligible for visas

ISIS is cornered in Mosul’s Old City. Militants are using everything they’ve got to hold on.

‘Shocking’ video shows alleged chemical attack in Syria. But will it have an impact?

Canadians reached out to Syrian refugees. Now they hesitate to let go.

These two Syrian doctors survived the siege of Aleppo — and helped many others survive, too

This Trump voter is stunned to find her Syrian relatives deported

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

Driving without headlights in besieged eastern Aleppo

A digital comic book tells the real-life tale of a heroic mom in besieged Syria

Syria’s concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo

A Beirut-based band that challenges homophobia

Connecticut welcomed this Syrian refugee family after Indiana slammed its door on them

Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community

A former hostage of extremists in Syria thinks the US needs to talk to Assad

Inconvenient truths about Washington’s alliance with Saudi Arabia

A Syrian teen’s video diary combines magical imagery and gritty reality

Ala’a Basatneh gets icy stares on Chicago streets, but hopes for more civility at the State of the Union

A father’s split-second heroism saved countless lives in another terror attack, in Beirut

Putin makes Assad an offer he can’t refuse

In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

How a kid persuaded a skeptic to show a little optimism

Blackwater guards were not well-liked even by other Americans in Iraq — but they faced real dangers

Radical recruiters are finding Muslim youth in unlikely places

Egypt’s social media activists cannot depend solely on Twitter, Facebook

Civilians in Gaza City say nowhere is safe amidst the Israeli assault on Hamas targets

Whoever hears of students being overjoyed to take final exams?

Why some rebels are ‘determined to make a last stand’ in the Syrian city of Homs

Syria’s war is testing the limits of tolerance in neighboring Lebanon

A businessman, a smuggler and an army defector tell the tale of Syria’s struggle

Polio adds one more heartbreak to a Syria wracked by war

Obama nudges open the door to Iran