For Syrian Refugees, U.S. Aid Cuts Have Been Devastating

Many face a tough choice—remain in squalid camps or return to a troubled homeland.

Displaced Syrians from the Alawite minority take shelter in a school in the village of Al-Masoudiyeh, in Lebanon's northern Akkar region, on March 19. October 27, 2025, 5:03 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Trump’s Second Term

Ongoing reports and analysis

Maybe it is a function of my age—dad to a 20-something and a teenager who tend to view me as an unfortunate necessity—that I long for the early years of parenting. Oh, how I miss gnawing on fat wrists and elbows; getting tackled by a kid screeching “Daddy!” as I come through the front door; hearing the extended cut of a seven-year-old’s day, in lingering detail.

This is one of the rea

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