Thousands of miles from the epicenter of an earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, emotional aftershocks are being felt in places as far away as Illinois State University’s campus.
A recent graduate of Illinois State’s Peace Corps master’s program says the Syrian refugee crisis he’s studied while working in neighboring Jordan is having a huge impact on the host country and straining the daily lives of its residents.
The U.S. appears headed toward a military strike against Syria over the apparent use of chemical weapons by the Assad government in the Syrian civil war, now in its third year. For a closer look at the Syrian conflict, STATEside turned to Yusuf Sarfati, an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government at
Illinois State is one of 33 colleges, universities and organizations across the globe offering academic support to Syrian students and scholars threatened by that nation’s unrest.
