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In Iraq and Syria, humanitarian aid workers struggle within a strained system

  • Written by Thomas Arcaro, Professor of Sociology, Elon University

More than ever before, the humanitarian aid system as we know it is being stretched, questioned and tested. Among those bearing this strain are the individual aid workers.

Humanitarian aid workers around the world provide vital material and medical support to millions of people displaced by violent conflict. These women and men are the link between...

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