Tara Kangarlou

Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning broadcast and multimedia journalist who has reported and produced from the United States and around world. She has written and reported for NBC-LA, CNN, CNN International and Al Jazeera America. She specializes on Iran and the MENA region as well as humanitarian issues and international affairs. Kangarlou is also the founder of Art of Hope, a nonprofit organization that supports Syrian refugees as they overcome trauma. On Twitter: @tarakangarlou

Lebanon | Sep 10, 2020

Looming despair among Lebanon’s refugees

Large numbers of Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon remain in very vulnerable condition.

Syria | Apr 12, 2018

Syrian refugees find support, hope in Turkey's peaceful Kilis

A vocational training center is helping Syrian refugees build new lives in the peaceful Turkish border town of Kilis, but more funding is needed to keep it going.

Lebanon | Oct 26, 2017

Raqqa mothers recount horrors of life under IS as city liberated

The thousands of Syrians who fled Raqqa when it fell under the Islamic State’s control have gained an inch of hope to return to their homes after the city was recently liberated.

Women, who fled from Raqqa city, carry their belongings in al-Mahmudli village, west of Raqqa, Syria April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1293527DB0

Syria | Mar 9, 2017

On 6th anniversary of Syrian war, education remains a casualty

In an interview with Al-Monitor, the minister of education of Syria’s opposition interim government, Imad Barq, spoke about the state of schools and education in the country and specifically in opposition-held areas.

Children attend a classroom in Aleppo, Syria January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho - RTX2YVTG

Lebanon | Nov 4, 2016

How these Syrian doctors are helping refugees in Lebanon

Amid limited resources, Syrian doctors who fled their country resume their work in Lebanon to provide the refugee population with the necessary medical treatment.

Lebanon | Jun 21, 2016

Emotional trauma leaves deep wounds for Syria's child refugees

The refugee crisis has created a desperate need for mental health services, particularly among Syria’s children, whose chances of healing from their mental and emotional wounds are better the sooner they receive care.

Lebanon | Jun 26, 2015

Syrian refugee influx leaves host countries vulnerable

Local Lebanese activists as well as the United Nations are working to improve living conditions and opportunities for Syrian refugees.

A woman and child walk at a makeshift settlement for Syrian refugees in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa valley, March 15, 2015. March 15 marks the fourth anniversary of peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, leading to the devastating civil conflict in the country. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 215,000 people have been killed since the start of the crisis in 2011, around half of them civilians. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY

Lebanon | Mar 18, 2015

Lebanon schools struggle to integrate Syrian children

UN agencies struggle to meet the education needs of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon.

Syrian refugee children attend a class inside a makeshift school, supported by UNICEF and in cooperation with the Beyond Association, in Zahle in the Bekaa valley October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY IMMIGRATION CIVIL UNREST POVERTY) - RTR4B6RH

Lebanon | Mar 10, 2015

Imprisoned IS members open up to Lebanese social workers

Two Lebanese sisters have been taking great risks to research the reasons people turn to extremism, interviewing members of IS, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Roumieh prison for their side of the story.