In the almost nine years of the war in Syria, the sight of tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands civilians fleeing their homes and neighbourhoods has become a disturbingly familiar sight. Since the conflict began, the lowest estimate of those "displaced" stands at 13.5 million, equating to over one million people per year being made into refugees. The other familiar sight is the destruction of homes, hospitals, schools and markets ...
![Lebanese police forensic experts inspect the wreckage of a car at the site of a powerful car bomb explosion on December 28, 2013 that rocked central Beirut the previous day. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6279498.jpg?itok=W6hFtvNi "Lebanese police forensic experts inspect the wreckage of a car at the site of a powerful car bomb explosion on December 28, 2013 that rocked central Beirut the previous day. [AFP]")
![Unprecedented two-week operation will see 500 tons of cargo travel by road and cargo ship to Italian port by end of the year. [scmp]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/china_syria.JPG?itok=-48rKTHP "Unprecedented two-week operation will see 500 tons of cargo travel by road and cargo ship to Italian port by end of the year. [scmp]")
