President Donald Trump is expected to announce a ban this week that would block all refugees from Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries.
The battle for Aleppo, Syria is reportedly coming to an end, and civilians and the wounded are being transported out of the city, after days of being trapped there.
The University of Edinburgh chaplaincy is launching an initiative to raise awareness of the plight many civilians face in Aleppo, Syria, and to stand in solidarity with those who are suffering.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the country’s raging war, is in the grip of continuous violence. East Aleppo is bombed almost daily by Syrian and Russian air forces; its west is frequently shelled by the rebels from the east.
Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo long before the civil war started in 2011.