Dispatches

After suffering displacement and loss due to violent conflict in Iraq, Qahtan was empowered to rekindle his passion for art and is using it to inspire future generations Qahtan, a 47-year-old father of five children, was a farmer in Iraq. Though it was not always easy, he managed to build a modest house and purchase a car.

Displaced people living at camps in northeast Syria receive COVID-19 testing and recovery support in the new isolation area. Like the rest of the world, northeast Syria experienced a new level of fear and uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout 2020, adding another layer to existing tensions caused by internal displacement and violent conflict.