January 27, 2014

Photos used for campaign video

I was asked by the "Help Syria Through the Winter" campaign if they could use some of the photos I took in Syria for a campaign video. Well, why not? Here's the result:
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January 20, 2014

Vlucht naar Syrië full documentary

Here's the radio documentary I did about the Dutch humanitarian effort called "Help Syria Through the Winter" for NTR radio. I'll have an English transcript available soon.
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January 12, 2014

Syrian Kurds Form Enclave to Protect Against Assad, al-Qaida

While the three-year-old civil war rages in Syria, creating one of the biggest humanitarian crises since World War II, the Kurdish people are forging their own solution to the conflict.
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December 27, 2013

Christmas in Damascus

When the singing inside subsided, the booms of the cannons at the edge of town came back. It took about 10 minutes to walk back to the car that was parked next to a military roadblock. They were checking trunks of passing cars. The news…
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December 10, 2013

European Muslims Join Terror Groups to Fight in Syria

Jolanda de Neijs posted a dramatic message on Facebook and appeared sobbing on Dutch television last month to voice concerns that her 18-year-old son Robbin van Dolderen had been recruited by jihadists.
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