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The conflict in Syria, spilling over the borders
The way it’s raining tonight is fitting for the current situation. I’m at a bus station in Beirut, trying to find a shared taxi home, and instead find myself staring up at the bullet holes riddling the...
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The chance to help a Syrian family
Since I moved to Armenia in July of last year, the ongoing war in Syria has become a major part of my life. In Yerevan, I had many Syrian-Armenian friends who had been forced to flee the fighting back...
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Thoughts from Syria. A nation crumbling
Almost a year ago, Victoria and her family fled their home in Aleppo, Syria. They now live in Beirut, less than 100 kilometres away from the borders of their homeland. But the land they grew up in...
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Memories of Syria, five years ago
“Nowhere else on Earth have I so often been physically restrained from leaving the homes of complete strangers in order to stay for yet another meal or another night.” This was the response from Tom,...
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No home, no warmth, no end in sight. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
“There’s a lady here who has ten children aged under 18, and she’s widowed, and living in a tent,” we were told. The thought of that existence, in the cold of the Bekaa Valley winter, was difficult to...
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Syrians rejoice as Derby Chip production returns to Aleppo
There was a huge outpouring of emotion in the Syrian community today as news filtered out of the reopening of the fabled “Derby Chips” factory in the war-torn city of Aleppo. The chips, a light, salted...
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