Yasser and his mother Jumana describe how playing the buzuq—a string instrument similar to a lute—helps him cope with life in a camp for people internally displaced in northeast Syria.

Read this first-person account from one of the many Syrians who live under constant gunfire and barrel bombs.

As she watched the tragic war unfold in Syria, Dr. Manal Faham took leave from her practice to join other physicians working to save the sick and wounded.

Ask Esther and Simon their favorite time of day and they share the same answer: it's when they see each other.