New research shows that refugees in regional Queensland have found it very easy to make friends and feel safe and comfortable raising children in their communities.
Reham (aged nine) and her sister Fatima (age seven) have lived most of their lives as refugees in Lebanon.
Abdul Aziz al-Khalaf
Doga Ulas Eralp, American University School of International Service
Turkey's close relationship with the US dates back to the Cold War. But after the June election there put nationalists into a position of power in the government, that alliance could turn rocky.
Iraqis carry the picture of three men who were kidnapped and executed by Islamic State during a funeral procession in Karbala, southern Iraq, in June 2018.
EPA-EFE/FURQAN AL-AARAJI
What's needed is a comprehensive international strategy to combat the illicit trade in antiquities.
Two refugee children play at Tolan Park, a research and treatment center in Detroit, the site of the author’s research.
David Dalton/Wayne State University
In the seven years since civil war erupted in Syria, refugees have fled the violence and destruction. But starting over in a new country after such experiences is much harder than it may seem.
A recent skirmish between Iran and Israel put the spotlight back on one of the most sensitive territories in the world.
This photo, provided May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Israeli missiles in the sky as others hit air defence positions and other military bases in Damascus, Syria.
(Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
Flashy interceptor systems attract media and government attention. But bomb shelters and warning systems are at least as important in the midst of missile strikes.
An Israeli F-16 pilot prepares for a drill.
EPA/Abir Sultan
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
The absolute best at international intervention, believe him. So, so good at intervening.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
While the Syria strikes were clearly violating international law, using force to uphold the ban on chemical weapons is becoming acceptable in the international community.
President Erdoğan of Turkey is happy to jaw-jaw, but will war-war where necessary.
Vassil Donev
The bombing in Syria is based on a flawed strategy – just as Operation Rolling Thunder was during the Vietnam War. But will world leaders learn the lessons of history?
A woman holds a Syrian flag during a protest against air strikes on Syria in Baghdad, Iraq on April 15, 2018.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst