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Antakya’s Uzun Çarşı, a historic covered bazaar, was partially destroyed during the Feb. 6 earthquakes. Workers have cleared much of the debris from walkways and shopkeepers have reopened, sometimes directly across from piles of rubble.
Natural disasters
In Turkey’s hardest-hit province, earthquake survivors adapt to a life without buildings
People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.
Global Politics
‘Assad can’t clean up his act with a natural disaster,’ US Amb. to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield says
Zehra Kurukafa walks past a destroyed house in the village of Polat, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2023.
Natural disasters
Turkey earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane
people search through rubble
Natural disasters
‘There were screams everywhere’: Residents of northwest Syria grapple with quake aftermath
Men remove debris as they search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.
Natural disasters
After deadly quake in Turkey, rescue teams struggle to help amid frigid temps
soldiers in a tank
Conflict & Justice
As bombs fall, northern Syria braces for a potential Turkish invasion
overhead view of destroyed city
Conflict & Justice
Jackie Chan is producing a movie in Syria. Some Syrians are outraged.
Syrian authorities display Captagon pills, in rural Damascus, Syria
Leaders
Syria’s descent into a narco state
Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers hold a position in Hassakeh, northeast Syria, Jan. 27, 2022.
Conflict & Justice
A prison battle in Syria puts the spotlight on the plight of child detainees
Medical workers carry a patient infected with the coronavirus on a stretcher at the Syrian American Medical Society Hospital, in the city of Idlib, northwest Syria, Sept. 20, 2021. 
COVID-19
‘I can barely buy bread’: In war-torn Syria, fighting the coronavirus is compounded by immense challenges
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a deputy prime minister in the Taliban's interim government, left, speaks with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi during talks involving Afghan representatives in Moscow, Russia
Top of The World
Russia hosts multinational talks on Afghanistan
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
Top of The World
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
A Syrian grocery shop in Istanbul sells brands that are familiar to Syrian customers, such as canned meats and condensed milk.
Migration
Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home 
A man sweeps the floor in a church being turned into an apartment
Refugees
Refugees in Maine find it harder to afford housing as remote workers move in
Faeza Satouf, from Syria, looks at a photo of her graduation day on her phone during an interview in Nivaa, Denmark, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. 
Critical State
Family in conflict: Part II
People wearing masks behind a barricade hold their hands and fists up in the air
Top of The World
Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru
Salim Abdul Ghani helped start the Rainbow Center in the Akyol neighborhood in Gaziantep, Turkey, to help Syrian youth stay off the streets.
Syrians on the border
This center in Turkey was a refuge for Syrian youth. The pandemic shut it down.
A group of people protest and carry a heart-shaped sign that says "Refugees welcome here."
Migration
Denmark revokes residency permits of some Syrian refugees
Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 28, 2011.
Global Politics
Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.
(Clockwise from top left) Meklit Hadero in red lighting, Sinkane stsnding in front of wooden wall, Diana Gameros standing in front of a brick wall and Hello Psychaleppo looking down at a keyboard.
Movement
Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?
A group of people sit around a table with laptops.
Media
Exiled journalists in Germany find ‘hope’ with a magazine that speaks their language
Three men in suits stand with their heads bowed.
Commentary
Analysis: Trump’s reversal in Syria was a play to keep his base intact
A woman in a headscarf looks at the camera as she puts a baby in a stroller
Gender
Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
Portrait of foreign correspondent and author Sam Dagher.
Conflict
How Syria’s Assad regime clings to power
Syrian displaced families who fled violence after the Turkish offensive against Syria, sit in a bus on their way to camps on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, on October 16, 2019.
Conflict
Syrian civilians plea for ‘no-fly’ zone
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk together in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, on Oct. 11, 2019.
Turkey’s invasion of Syria has left thousands fleeing their homes
Older women hold a cartoon graphic depicting Donald Trump and a Turkish tank.
Does US withdrawal leave Syria open to Russia?
Wreckage smolders with black smoke after an apparent airstrike
Displacement
As fighting intensifies in Idlib, about 3 million civilians are at risk
A satellite view of Sednaya prison complex near Damascus, Syria, May 15, 2017.
‘We have suffered enough,’ say families of the missing and detained in Syria
An image distributed by ISIS militants on social media purports to show the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
I’m one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who’s mourning what the war is costing us
A man stands in a doorway looking off with a kitchen shown around the corner.
Refugees
‘It kills you, the waiting’: Syrians live under threat of deportation in Turkey
A woman stands over a spread of dishes in the kitchen
Food
A Syrian mom in Istanbul builds a business from her own kitchen with Whatsapp
A huge banner of Bashar al-Assad.
Global Politics
Garbage collection in Syria is crucial to fighting ISIS
the  sign of the Radio Fresh station
Justice
Syrian activist Raed Fares wanted ‘a free Syria for all Syrians.’ It may have cost him his life.
displaced syrians at refugee camp
Conflict
Latest assault leaves over 30,000 displaced in Syria’s Idlib
Rows of greenish-brown soap sit on wooden racks
Culture
French demand for Syrian soap keeps an ancient art alive
Yusra, played by Rhianna Merralls, struggles to fall asleep in the play, "Wherever I Lay My Head," performed in London City Hall.
Chronic insomnia plagues young migrants long after they reach their destination
bombs explode in Syria
Conflict
Syrian military extends southwest assault, thousands displaced
Author Asne Seierstad
Books
The journey of two sisters into the Syrian jihad, and a father’s efforts to rescue them
buildings reduced to rubble in Eastern Ghouta
Conflict
‘They are trying to to kill us all.’ Desperate Syrians plead for help in Eastern Ghouta.
A man holds a child after an airstrike in eastern Ghouta, Syria, Feb. 7, 2018. In the Damascus suburb, besieged by government forces since 2013, about 78 civilians were killed by airstrikes and artillery fire on Tuesday, according to monitors. A further 2
Conflict
Syria’s war enters a dangerous new phase
A girl attends her first class at a school in Hazema in north Raqqa, Syria.
Conflict
In Syria, all girls want is safety and school
Global Politics
Watch live: Trump and NATO secretary general hold a joint press conference
Bashar al-Assad
Conflict
President Trump, can the US act as global police and put ‘America first’?
US strike on Syria
Conflict
Syrians who have lived under Assad’s bombs celebrate US missile strike
Trump bombs Syria from Mar-a-Lago
Conflict
Watch: Trump speaks after striking the Assad regime in Syria
Syria chemical weapons 2014
Conflict
World powers condemn Assad’s regime as Russia protects it
Syria
Conflict
If Assad stayed, could Syria ever rebuild from war?
Syria Aleppo bus burning
Media
Syria’s war may be the most documented ever. And yet, we know so little.
Civilians flee Aleppo
Conflict
Syria rebels announce new evacuation deal for Aleppo
Aleppo
Conflict
The battle of Aleppo is nearing the end, a ‘total collapse’
Aleppo
Conflict
Six countries call for immediate ceasefire in Aleppo
Zozan Khaled Musa, 25
Conflict
This Syrian’s decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost
This Syrian couple and their 5 year old son lauded Gov. Dannel Malloy (second from right) for personally welcoming them to Indiana last November. The family is withholding their last name due to concerns about the safety of relatives back in Syria.
Justice
Connecticut welcomed this Syrian refugee family after Indiana slammed its door on them
Supporters of three young Somali Americans on trial for plotting to join ISIS in Syria.
Belief
Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community
Aviation ordinancemen organize 1000 pound MK-83 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bombs on their racks on the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in this archival photo taken in the northern Persian Gulf March 18, 2003.
Conflict
The US is dropping bombs quicker than it can make them
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
Global Politics
Today’s Kerry-Putin photo op doesn’t mean Moscow is coming in from the cold
A Syrian girl waves an opposition flag during an anti-government protest inside a 2nd century Roman amphitheater in the historic Syrian southern town of Bosra al-Sham, in Deraa, Syria.
Conflict
US sees glimmer of hope in Syria peace talks after progress with Russia
A man sells cotton candy as he pushes his bicycle along a street in the rebel held al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah town, in Deraa province.
Conflict
Here’s why the partial truce in Syria has astounded even the experts
For decades, a visa waiver program has allows passengers from 38 countries to visit the US without advance approval for 90 days or less.
Conflict
A clampdown on a US visa waiver program might spark unintended consequences