HOPE OR NOPE?
The deal to evacuate four towns, some besieged by Assad, some by the opposition, involved some extraordinary intrigue—and terrible risks.
Humanitarian Response
Criticized for letting the Syrian government edit the U.N. Humanitarian Response Plan last year, the United Nations is again allowing Assad regime comments and compromises.
DAMNED IF YOU DO
Sieges and starvation have helped Assad and the Russians win back control of suburbs around Damascus and Homs. On Friday night, they apply their ultimatum to Aleppo.
Hunger Games
Wednesday’s UN aid delivery to a besieged Damascus suburb was pitiful, and shows how much the Assad regime, infamous for siege and starve tactics, still runs the show.
Horrific
As the humanitarian situation inside Syria grows ever more desperate, a prominent NGO reveals that the government has banned it from Damascus in retaliation for giving food and water to rebel-controlled areas.
Inspirations
Decades ago, Judy Feld Carr started smuggling members of Syria’s minority Jewish community out of the country. She speaks about her work saving people from slaughter under Assad.
Emma Beals on the targeting of hospitals and doctors in Syria.