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Syrian boy looks through window at refugee camp with plants placed in yellow and white cans attached

Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’

Syrians on the border

Most Syrian children have missed years — if not decades — of schooling due to war and displacement. The conditions in Lebanon mean they could miss even more.

A man is washed following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Duma, Syria in this still image from video obtained by Reuters on April 8, 2018.

Russia accuses Israel over strike on Syrian air base

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Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.

Syria’s concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

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Syrian refugees fleeing Syria

A children’s book introduces German kids to the true story of Syrian refugees

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Syrian Army forces look on as buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria.

As Syrian rebels evacuate, they leave behind a battered Homs

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A Syrian refugee woman stands near her tent at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 15, 2015.

‘They told me they were going to melt me in acid if I continue the work I was doing’

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Lubna Shaheen was born in Homs, Syria. Soon after the revolution took off, she began volunteering as a humanitarian worker. The Syrian regime, however, wasn’t happy about her work.

Children, who are internally displaced due to the fighting between rebels and the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, play inside Al-Tah camp in the southern Idlib countryside July 4, 2014.

Children tell their own grim stories from war zones

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Children make up a big part of the population in places like Syria and Gaza, where hundreds have been killed in the fighting so far. For many of them, they have barely known a life without death or conflict.Children make up a big part of the population in places like Syria and Gaza, where hundreds have been killed in the fighting so far. For many of them, they have barely known a life without death or conflict.

Syrian rebels say Abu Hurayra al-Amriki is a US citizen who successfully detonated a suicide bomber in Syria's Idlib province on Sunday.

What does it mean if the first American suicide bomber in Syria has hit his target?

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Syria’s rebels say the first American suicide bomber in Syria carried out a successful bombing on Sunday. Aryn Baker, Time’s Middle East bureau chief, says hundreds of Westerners have joined the ranks of extremist groups in Syria. Syria’s rebels say the first American suicide bomber in Syria carried out a successful bombing on Sunday. Aryn Baker, Time’s Middle East bureau chief, says hundreds of Westerners have joined the ranks of extremist groups in Syria.

Residents arrive on foot to inspect their homes in the Wadi Al-Sayeh district of Homs, May 14th 2014.

Syria’s civil war shattered the city of Homs, and some there say it was for nothing

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For many outsiders, Homs is a symbol of the utter destruction and senselessness of the Syrian civil war. After two years of fighting, the government once again controls the city, or least what is left of it. Our BBC colleague Soumer Daghastani, who is from Homs, describes what the fighting has meant for his family.For many outsiders, Homs is a symbol of the utter destruction and senselessness of the Syrian civil war. After two years of fighting, the government once again controls the city, or least what is left of it. Our BBC colleague Soumer Daghastani, who is from Homs, describes what the fighting has meant for his family.

Much of Homs is a devastated and deserted wasteland. This photo is from March.

Rebels surrender most of the key city of Homs in Syria

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Rebels in Syria have begun evacuating all but one small part of the key city of Homs. After months of siege and bombardment, the rebels cut a deal to surrender the town, but without becoming prisoners. Martin Chulov of the Guardian newspaper explains the deal and its significance.