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A nurse checks a premature baby at a maternity hospital, in Idlib, Syria, on February 27, 2020.

Syrian Doctors Fight Infant Blindness After War

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Syrian American ophthalmologists are banding together to improve pediatric tests for retinopathy of prematurity

The Civilian Health Costs of Aid Sanctions

The Civilian Health Costs of Aid Sanctions

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A new study examines how aid sanctions deepen global health inequality

Authoritarianism and the Genetics of Trauma

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A Syrian American global health scholar reflects on generations of trauma after decades of Assad dictatorship

Authoritarianism and the Genetics of Trauma

Women's Medical Education in Rojava

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Kurdish women are needed to ensure security and safety in the war-torn region

Women's Medical Education in Rojava

Kurdish Resilience in the Face of Turmoil

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The humanitarian crisis in Rojava demands urgent international attention

Kurdish Resilience in the Face of Turmoil

Syrians Need Stable Humanitarian Aid

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Syrians have long suffered from preventable harms and a devastating earthquake compounds those difficulties.

Syrians Need Stable Humanitarian Aid

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

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Substandard living conditions leave Syrian refugees at a higher risk of injury than native Lebanese people

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

From Aleppo to Mariupol

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Attacks on medical facilities in Syria and Ukraine will leave lasting scars

From Aleppo to Mariupol

Coronavirus in Lebanon

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Interview with Walid Ammar, head of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, on testing, funding, and the threat to refugees

A general view shows buildings in Beirut during Lebanon's countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus on April 1, 2020. Picture shows a view of a section of city filling the fame with buildings but very few people apparent on the streets. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Coronavirus in the Middle East

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A look at COVID-19 in seven countries, some fragile or failed, which illustrates many of the problems the region faces

A worker in protective suit sprays disinfectants in front of a dress shop at popular market following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Basra, Iraq on March 10, 2020. This is an interesting photo showing a colorful dress shop with a worker walking by outside in protective gear spraying disinfectant. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Baby in a Bomb Shelter

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Oscar nominated documentary "For Sama" gives powerful if gruesome glimpse of what it's like to raise a kid in a war zone

A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo's al-Shaar district on July 10, 2014. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. The photo shows a boy leaping in mid-air into a water-filled hole. The water is muddy brown, and two other boys can be seen swimming in the hole with their heads bobbing out. Surrounding them is rubble. This is a powerful image. REUTERS/Hosam Katan