Author: Lakhdar Brahimi

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A man sifting through rubble on a street in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp south of Damascus, Syria (photo: picture-alliance/epa/Y. Badawi)

Syria and the international community

The least we can do for Syria

In this article, former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi calls on the world not to shut its eyes to the atrocities being committed in Syria and not to give in to despair or to resign itself to the assumption that the situation cannot be resolvedMore

After the refugee catastrophe in the Mediterranean: How the EU is killing refugeesSyrian refugees in Lebanon: "We will perish here!"Syrian refugees in Turkey: Time for Turkey's allies to rally roundBook review by Stefan Buchen on Syrian "escape helpers": Germany's new public enemies?Syrian refugee children: A lost generation in the making

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Countries such as Kuwait and Israel have instituted virtual lockdowns in the face of COVID-19, while religious gatherings have been limited at a time of year ripe with ritual. Others have been slower to act. By Tom Allinson