The Syrian Crisis

By Doctors Without Borders

A look at the work of Doctors Without Borders in and around Syria

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Syria
Frozen to death on a mountain: How 7 years of war ended for 15 Syrian refugees
The Washington Post - Liz Sly and
CHTAURA, Lebanon — The mountain range that forms a natural boundary between Syria and Lebanon has long served also as a wartime conduit for people who cannot travel legally — the gunrunners, the rebels,
Stories from Aleppo: Medical workers under siege
harvard.edu - Marjorie H. Dwyer
March 23, 2017 – The stories told by health workers from Syria were heartbreaking.They spoke of making desperate attempts to save people injured in a …
Along Syria-Jordan Border, Refugees Struggle At A Camp Aid Workers Can't Visit
NPR - Jane Arraf
In the middle of the desert, hundreds of miles from the nearest city, 60,000 Syrians are camped out along the Syrian and Jordanian border in what has become one of the biggest and most desperate refugee
World Health Organization
UN sends a message: children are #NotATarget
CNN - By Paul P. Murphy, CNN
(CNN) — Holding portraits of Syrian 6-year-olds, the entire UN organization mobilized Wednesday to make its message clear on the sixth anniversary of Syria's civil war. Ahmad, Seedra, Radwan and Khadeeja
What Trump's Executive Order Means for the Syrian Health Crisis
The Atlantic - Olga Khazan
With the collapse of the country’s health system, Syrians are already dying of treatable diseases. Now, none of them have a hope of making it to the U.S. The U.S. took in 12,486 Syrian refugees in 2016,
Images of the Displaced
The Guardian
The ferocity of crises worldwide is forcing a record number of people to flee their homes, seeking some form of safety within their own country or across international borders. There are 65.3 million people
Syria war: Air raid hits children's hospital in Aleppo
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera crew captures dramatic footage of attack as babies are rescued from incubators by panicked staff. Warning: The above video contains scenes some may find distressing. An air raid has hit a children's
The Syrian Civil War Could Spell the End of Antibiotics
newsweek.com
World Syria Antibiotics PhotoLab Updated | Mohammed Abu Ara is the face of a grave new threat, but propped up on his bed in an airy segregated …
Shortages grow, bombing intensifies in Syria's rebel-held Aleppo, residents say
CNN - By Arwa Damon, Tim Hume and Waffa Munayyer, CNN
(CNN) — The horrors of life in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are worsening, residents say, describing acute food shortages and increased aerial bombardment in the battle for control of the key Syria city.
Dozens have starved to death in besieged Madaya, say NGOs
The Guardian - Agence France-Presse in Beirut
Groups say Syrian government’s ‘stranglehold’ on town since July 2015 has led to deaths of 65 people from starvation About 86 people have died in a year-long government siege of the Syrian town of Madaya,
Aleppo
Doctors travel a dangerous road to help ease the horrors of war-torn Aleppo, Syria
Los Angeles Times - By Roy Gutman
Along a stretch of two-lane highway outside Syria's embattled city of Aleppo, government snipers, artillery and airstrikes can target everything that moves. Drivers traverse it at high speed, slowing to
The Shadow Doctors
The New Yorker - Ben Taub
The underground race to spread medical knowledge as the Syrian regime erases it. On a recent Tuesday evening in London, the surgeon David Nott attended a dinner at Bluebird, an upscale Chelsea restaurant.