This Week in Syria Deeply September 11, 2015

Welcome to the weekly Syria Deeply newsletter. We’ve rounded up the most important stories and developments about Syria and the Syrians in order to bring you valuable news and analysis. 

Syrians Risk Lives to Reach Europe

More than 2,500 Syrians died throughout the summer as they tried to brave the Mediterranean Sea in order to reach the shores of Europe, where they hope to obtain asylum. Syria Deeply met with many of those refugees in Turkey, and spoke to a peoples muggler who facilitates their dangerous journeys.

Syrians Endure ‘Endless’ Agony Waiting for ‘Disappeared’ Relatives

Umm Ayman hasn’t seen her son since he was arrested by the Syrian government in February 2013. He is one of tens of thousands of Syrians who have “disappeared” and cannot be accounted for since the outbreak of the country’s civil war in March 2011.

Syrian Refugees Find Shelter in Lebanon’s Palestinian Camps

Umm Ali and her 10-member family fled Syria under barrel bombs and shells, only to find themselves in Shatila, a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. They are among the 45,000 Palestinian refugees who fled the camps in Syria to end up in poverty-stricken camps in neighboring Lebanon. Syria Deeply met her and others in Shatila.

More recent stories to look out for at Syria Deeply:

• Analysis: Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good in Syria
• Syria’s Wheat Fields Ablaze as Fighting Spreads
• Syria’s Assyrian Christians: ‘Victims of This War’
• ‘Death is Part of Our Daily Lives’: Palestinians in Yarmouk Endure Typhoid Outbreak

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