With Syria reaching the 13th anniversary of the beginning of its civil war on 15 March, the UK's leading Catholic charity has highlighted how there is now an entire generation “who have never been able to live in their own country”.
CAFOD, the international aid agency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, has urged that people “should not forget that Syria is the world’s worst displacement crisis”.
On 15 March 2011, popular discontent with the government of Bashar al-Assad led to large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, echoing the Arab Spring protests taking place in other countries.
