Ameer Alhalbi captures the Syrian war through his photographs of Aleppo

Ameer Alhalbi captures the Syrian war through his photographs of Aleppo

“I honestly think that the war in Syria will never end. I have been photographing the war in my native Aleppo for three years now. Last Thursday was one of the most hellish days that my city has endured”.   The @guardian top 20 photographs of the week #2 Aleppo – photograph: Ameer Alhalbi/Getty https://t.co/khDpz296ur

Unexploded mines and bombs. Demining Syria will take 30 years

Unexploded mines and bombs. Demining Syria will take 30 years

5 years of war made Syria a land riddled with unexploded mines and bombs. So many that entirely demining the country will require dozens of years of work. This tragic long-term consequence of the conflict has been denounced by the French association Handicap International. In a report published on 15 March in Paris, the organisation

5 years of the Syrian civil war

5 years of the Syrian civil war

It’s been 5 years since the Syrian civil war began, despite it can no longer be called “civil”. Figures got out of hands and are no precise enough to show the size of the conflict between governmental forces, rebels, terroristic groups and foreign military. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and over a

A Nobel birthday for Malala

A Nobel birthday for Malala

On the 12th of July, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize, turned 18. The girl shot on 9 October 2012 fights for the right to education for everyone since she was a little girl, and she lived more than a normal person does in a lifetime.      Not a typical birthday, not the typical guests. Yousafzai

Syrian refugees exceed 4 million according to the UNHCR

Syrian refugees exceed 4 million according to the UNHCR

People who fled the Syrian civil war, which started over 4 years ago, exceeded 4 million. Of them, 1.8 million went to Turkey, which is now the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. These data have been released by latest report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner