If Syria is to rise from the Assad regime’s ashes, its people must resurrect the spirit of the 2011 uprising in the post-Assad era.

Conflict and displacement have left much of Syria’s infrastructure in ruins. Entire towns are uninhabitable. Schools, hospitals, roads, water facilities, and electrical grids are damaged or destroyed.

After years of turmoil, Syrian refugees find hope in the wake of a regime change, but face new challenges under U.S. immigration policies.