Syrian War Keeps University Students at Home - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Andrea Glioti

Andrea Glioti

Jul 11, 2013

A view shows debris and blood after mortar bombs landed on the canteen of Damascus University's College of Architecture, March 28, 2013 in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA.Twelve Syrian students were killed on Thursday when rebel mortar bombs landed on the canteen of Damascus University's College of Architecture, state-run media said. Al-Ikhbariya television showed images of doctors pumping the chests of at least two young men and blood splattered on the floor of what — A view shows debris and blood after mortar bombs landed on the canteen of Damascus University's College of Architecture, March 28, 2013, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. — REUTERS/SANA

Demonstrators display a model of a MiG-21 fighter plane during a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Amuda June 22, 2012. Syrian air force pilot Colonel Hassan Hamada flew his MiG-21 fighter plane over the border to Jordan and was granted political asylum on Thursday, the first defection with a military aircraft since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Syrian Kurdish Group Linked to PKK Kills Protesters

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Ferhat Savun aged 11, walks to school through the town of Cizre in Sirnak province, near the border with Syria March 24, 2013. Picture taken March 24, 2013. Turkey's fledgling peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group is all over the headlines. After three decades of war, 40,000 deaths and a devastating impact on the local economy, everybody seems ready for peace. Pro-Kurdish politicians are focused on boosting minority rights and stronger local government for the Kurds, who make u

Syrian Kurdish NGOs Prevent Recruitment of Youth Soldiers

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A woman walks along a street past graffiti that reads "Victory coming" in Deir al-Zor April 20, 2013. Picture taken April 20, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - RTXYUF5

Syrian Artists Remain Creative On Margins of War

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Syrian refugees, fleeing the violence in their country, wait to cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, August 21, 2013. The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has set an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in Syria, but there are signs many more are still coming in, aid agencies said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) - RTX12SKT

Syrian Kurdish Party Struggles With Dissent, Exodus

Andrea Glioti