Deir al-Zour

Syrian activist Karam Al Hamad at work. Hamad is currently waiting for permission to leave Turkey to travel to the US for a fellowship.

After a year of torture in Syrian jail, an activist finally makes it to the US

Conflict

After a year in a Syrian jail being tortured by the regime’s police, activist Karam Al Hamad finally escaped to Turkey. He says he’ll only feel safe once he gets to escape the region and come to the US for a fellowship, but the road is proving even harder than he expected.

A Syrian refugee girl helps her brother walk

One result of Syria’s war is an outbreak of polio

Health & Medicine