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‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
The situation in Aleppo, Syria, in October 2016 and the West's response
10/12/2016
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Jeremy Corbyn calls for protests outside US embassy over Syria, claiming too much focus is on Russia
The Telegraph 10/12/2016
EU to Warn Russia of Further Sanctions Over Aleppo Attacks
WSJ 10/20/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
New warnings to Putin, Assad as Aleppo evacuation stalls | News | DW.COM | 14.12.2016
DW.COM 12/14/2016
Russian Special Forces Seen as Key to Aleppo Victory
WSJ 12/16/2016
Russian ambassador to Ankara dies after gun attack | Breaking News | DW.COM | 19.12.2016
DW.COM 12/19/2016
Faces of the Syrian refugees
12/16/2013
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Buried in foreign soil | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/16/2013
Washington Post 12/16/2013
New York Times 04/11/2014
U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/2014
Washington Post 10/14/2014
Germany Pledges Aid to Countries Sheltering Refugees From Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Austria and the Syrian refugees in Europe in 2015-2016
09/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Austria Takes Role of Distribution Center for Germany-Bound Migrants
New York Times 09/21/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
Why Obama’s Middle East Policy Is Failing
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann Quits as Migrant Crisis Roils European Politics
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
The New York Times 08/11/2016
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Pope Francis's call on September 5, 2015, for every parish to take in one refugee from war and hunger
09/06/2015
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If the pope had his way, European parishes would house up to 500,000 refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Taking Stock One Year After the Arrival of Refugees in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/02/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Opinion: Pope Francis wants change. But does the Church? | World | DW.COM | 17.12.2016
DW.COM 12/17/2016
Pope Francis and Donald Trump Meet at the Vatican
The New York Times 05/24/2017
Young men in war torn areas of Syria, Iraq and Nigeria, consider emigrating as the refugee influx into Europe takes place in 2015
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Migrant Wave Inspires Others to Attempt Trek to Europe
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Washington Post 11/16/2015
Nigeria Finds a National Crisis in Every Direction It Turns
The New York Times 07/17/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Berlin's Tempelhof Airport- from the Berlin Airlift with 200,000 flights to deliver food and supplies in 1948-49, to its use for housing refugees in 2015
09/11/2015
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Berlin Airport Used in Cold War Airlift Gets a New Humanitarian Mission
New York Times 09/11/2015
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Opinion: Berlin, capital of mediocrity | Opinion | DW.COM | 19.09.2016
DW.COM 09/19/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Canada and Syrian refugees
12/11/2015
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Syrian Refugees Greeted by Justin Trudeau in Canada
New York Times 12/11/2015
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Trudeau Faces Growing Doubts Over Canada’s Refugee Policy
WSJ 08/03/2018
Syrian refugees reach the 2 million mark in August 2013
09/03/2013
Most of the refugees are in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. UN officials say the figure could reach 3.5 million by the end of 2013. About 4.25 million are displaced by the fighting in Syria by 2013.
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Middle East Strains Under the Weight of Syria's Two Million Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2013
Syria Seen as Most Dire Refugee Crisis in a Generation
New York Times 11/23/2013
Buried in foreign soil | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/16/2013
Washington Post 12/16/2013
U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/2014
Turkey Votes to Allow Operations Against ISIS
New York Times 10/02/2014
"Wilkommen Refugees"- The German people's response to refugees from Syria and North Africa
09/06/2015
Never has Germany seen such a huge outpouring of support for people fleeing war and persecution from all parts of the country.
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For refugees, it’s destination Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
For refugees, it’s destination Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Germany Works on Migrant Labor Conundrum
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2015
German City by the Danube Is Tested by a Different Kind of Flood
New York Times 11/07/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Syrian refugees in the U.S.
11/23/2015
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A Chill Grips a Michigan Haven for Syrian Families
New York Times 11/23/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
White House raises refugee target to at least 110,000
Washington Post 09/14/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
The refugees in 2015- failures in Middle Eastern societes to accomodate modernity and ideas of tolerance, resulting in floundering states and sectarian conflict
05/16/2016
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‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Stories of the Syrian refugees as 3000 leave Syria each day
10/14/2014
The changing face of the Middle East as refugees resettle in different countries.
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Washington Post 10/14/2014
Germany Pledges Aid to Countries Sheltering Refugees From Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Iraq faces new crisis as winter descends on millions uprooted by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
New York Times 06/18/2015
Syrian Rebel Offensive Against Islamic State Sparks Exodus
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2016
DW.COM 10/07/2016
The photograph of a dead Syrian Kurdish child Aylan on a beach in Turkey, that arouses Europe about the migrants in the Mediterranean from war torn areas
09/04/2015
The child's parents made it from Damascus to Aleppo to Kobani. They paid $4000 for the mother, father, 4 year old Aylani and his brother, to make it from a beach in Turkey to the Greek island of Kos. The boat capsized and the mother and children were drowned. Only the father survived, so distraught he is going back to Kobani for burial. A huge wave of migrants are leaving the war tonr areas in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Eritrea, in North Africa, increasing the urgency of resettlement efforts, and European efforts for negotiating peace in the region.
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Image of Drowned Syrian Boy Echoes Around World
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
Image of Drowned Syrian Boy Echoes Around World
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
Piercing the Denial on Refugees
New York Times 09/04/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/2015
Turkey Places Conditions on E.U. for Migrant Help
New York Times 03/07/2016
After years of civil war and millions of Syrian refugees U.S. barely increases resettlement visas for refugees to 4000 in 2014 from below one hundred
10/01/2014
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U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/2014
Washington Post 10/14/2014
Germany Pledges Aid to Countries Sheltering Refugees From Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Iraq faces new crisis as winter descends on millions uprooted by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
New York Times 06/18/2015
U.S. Pressed to Take More Syrian Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
U.S. resettlement of Syria's refugees at 1500 and UK 166 in 2015, as Germany accepts 800,000 refugees
09/04/2015
The huge difference in the U.S. and German resettlement of Syria's refugees. About half the population of Syria is dslocated in a tragedy of massive proportions for a country of 23 million- additional numbers of refugees are spread out in Iraq and Libya. The U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East under the Obama administration led to a worsening of the crisis in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the unraveling of the fragile situation in these countries. The result is the flow of migrants to Europe by the hundreds of thousands in 2015. German chancellor Merkel will be remembered in history for the courage to say in Sept 2015- "If Europe fails on the question of refugees, its close connection with universal civil rights will be destroyed." And for rallying German society to the work of integrating refugees with the openness of educational institutions and civil society, especially in the urban areas.
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U.S. Pressed to Take More Syrian Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
Refugees Find a Mostly Smooth Welcome in Germany
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
Piercing the Denial on Refugees
New York Times 09/04/2015
The Refugee Crisis Isn’t a ‘European Problem’
New York Times 09/05/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
New York Times 09/05/2015
Pope Francis and the refugees, migrants, fleeing war and hunger in Syria and North Africa in 2014-2016
09/06/2015
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If the pope had his way, European parishes would house up to 500,000 refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/2017
Stories of refugees in 2015 - (1) separated families on the way from Syria and other countries to Europe
09/13/2015
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Refugees searching for new lives lose loved ones along the way - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/2015
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
"The situation that reached us unprepared in late summer 2015"- chancellor Merkel on the unanticipated nature of events at Budapest Keleti station
09/21/2016
Some say if prime minister Orban of Hungary had not acted the way he did, the German government would have had more time to consider the situation. As it happened the German government and chancellor Merkel had to decide in a few hours. If Budapest, Berlin and other EU nations had communicated better the situation could have been handled in a better way instead of the sudden unplanned movement of refugees into Germany and Austria.
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What happens next | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 08/30/2016
Merkel Reelection Chances Remain Good Despite Poor Results - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/19/2016
Germany's Merkel denies change of course on refugees | News | DW.COM | 01.10.2016
DW.COM 10/01/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
DW.COM 11/21/2016
Angela Merkel Must Change to Meet German Challenges - Opinion - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/25/2016
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and the refugee crisis in Europe in 2015-2016
09/05/2015
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The Roots of the Migration Crisis
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
The refugee crisis could actually be a boon for Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/10/2015
For refugees, it’s destination Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Refugees Find a Mostly Smooth Welcome in Germany
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
U.S. Pressed to Take More Syrian Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
Angela Merkel Is Motivated By Decency, Not Politics
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
The story of how the migrants at Budapest's Keleti station spontaneously started the march to the Austrian border September 1-4, 2015
09/11/2015
WSJ's reporters Thomas, Bradley and Geiger tell this exceptional story of a change posted on the internet site of Germany's agency tackling asylum applications that it was no longer enforcing Dublin protocols (requiring applications to be handled at the country of first entry), and how it emboldened refugees at Keleti station Budapest to begin a march of thousands on highways to the Austrian border. The events of these days in early September 2015 led to German chancellor Merkel's later statements about the "fundamental right to asylum for the politically persecuted knowing no upper limit." It had not started that way, events and the courage of the refugees led to Germany responding in a way that could not have been imagined with "Wilkommen refugees" signs at entry points.
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Obscure German Tweet Helped Spur Migrant March From Hungary
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
Austria Takes Role of Distribution Center for Germany-Bound Migrants
New York Times 09/21/2015
Angela Merkel Is Motivated By Decency, Not Politics
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann Quits as Migrant Crisis Roils European Politics
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
Merkel Accepts Responsibility for Party’s Losses in Berlin Election
The New York Times 09/19/2016
The Night Germany Lost Control | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 08/30/2016
DW.com commissioned poll in August 2016 showing how Merkel's refugee policy is seen by the German public one year after it was announced
08/23/2016
About 51% agree it will strengthen the German economy, 45% disagree, the same numbers are seen for whether Germany's services for housing, education and healthcare will be stretched. Over 50% think it will lead to more terrorist incidents. About the same number see the policy favorably in the Green Party as see it unfavorably in the AfD party, the parties on either side of the political spectrum. Overall says DW.com it appears to be balanced for negative and positive sentiment.
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Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Opinion poll shows 60 percent of Germans want a cap on refugees | News | DW.COM | 16.09.2016
DW.COM 09/16/2016
Merkel Accepts Responsibility for Party’s Losses in Berlin Election
The New York Times 09/19/2016
Germany's Merkel denies change of course on refugees | News | DW.COM | 01.10.2016
DW.COM 10/01/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Angela Merkel Must Change to Meet German Challenges - Opinion - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/25/2016
Syrian refugees in the U.S.
11/23/2015
Grouped Articles
A Chill Grips a Michigan Haven for Syrian Families
New York Times 11/23/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
White House raises refugee target to at least 110,000
Washington Post 09/14/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
The Syrian refugee crisis
11/14/2012
Grouped Articles
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Syrian Refugees in Jordan Struggle to Survive
New York Times 05/08/2013
New York Times 05/05/2013
Middle East Strains Under the Weight of Syria's Two Million Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2013
Syria Seen as Most Dire Refugee Crisis in a Generation
New York Times 11/23/2013
Buried in foreign soil | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/16/2013
Exceptional foreign reporting from the frontlines- Alissa Rubin reporting from Mount Sinjar, northern Iraq, for helicopter rescue effort for Yazidi refugees in August 2014
08/16/2014
Rubin makes this exceptional report about a helicopter crash on Mount Sinjar.
Grouped Articles
On a Helicopter, Going Down: Inside a Lethal Crash in Iraq
New York Times 08/16/2014
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
New York Times 06/18/2015
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
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