New SARG-Russo Offensive leads to a Mass Civilian Exodus from Aleppo
It was reported that nearly 70,000 Syrian civilians have fled southern Aleppo in the last two days. This was in response to the recent SARG offensive that has been reinforced by Russian air support. Russian air strikes in Syria have been highly devastating and primarily...
Russian warplanes begin striking Syria: Who are they targeting?
Russian forces initiated air strikes in support of the Assad government on September 30th, 2015. According to Russian sources, sorties were carried out at the order of Bashar al Assad. Initially, Russian officials claimed that their military presence in Syria was to accomplish the following...
Syria’s Yarmouk Camp Still Besieged
This past June, the United Nations removed Yarmouk refugee camp from a list of what it terms “besieged areas” in Syria. The reason for this shift, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), is due to the availability of...
PDC’s Letter to Pope Francis
Your Holiness Pope Francis, We are writing this letter to encourage you to continue speaking out about the issue of refugees from the crisis in Syria. We implore you to speak publicly on the refugee crisis during your visit to the United States, and about the...
A Refugee’s No Man’s Land
The refugee crisis in the Middle East seemed to have reached its tipping point over the past few weeks. The dramatic photos of Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach- a result of his family fleeing the ongoing Syrian civil war- went viral, leading...