Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And The Syrian Civil War

When photographs were published of Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned with his mother and older brother off the coast of Turkey, much of the world caught a first-time glimpse into the Syrian refugee crisis, a vast humanitarian emergency and byproduct of the Syrian Civil War that continues to this day. A year later, video emerged of Omran Daqneesh, a five-year old boy shown sitting in the back of an ambulance, covered in dust and seemingly in shock, blood caked to the side of his face. These photos alone illustrate the deep social need for humanitarian assistance to Syria’s almost five million refugees. With the civil war now in its sixth year, almost 14 million people need assistance within Syria, while 6.6 million people are internally displaced with nowhere to call home (Migration Policy Centre, 2016). Internally displaced persons are often left with no choice but to flee their battered country. 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