Eurasia News

By Ava Thomas HORN OF AFRICA — t used to be a brothel, the sandy house where Mike and Abbey Nettles* are raising their children in the Horn of Africa. When they arrived, their first act was to make the place a home. The second was to learn enough local language to tell people how [...]

By Ava Thomas DAMASCUS, Syria — or a long time, Syrians were complacent. At least that’s how one person familiar with Syria described the people of the war-torn country. “[Syrians were] a people who felt they were more blessed than others because natural disasters and wars had not been a part of their modern history,” [...]

By Ava Thomas CENTRAL ASIA — ad, I think we’re being followed.” Yasemin* drummed her fingers nervously on the car door. Her father kept on driving the familiar route to drop her off at English class, singing a praise song to Jesus as he drove. Yasemin turned around and looked back. “Dad. We’re being followed.” [...]

By Ava Thomas CENTRAL ASIA — izzie Francis* huddled in the back seat and watched as the gang formed around the pickup truck. She clutched her friends’ two toddlers as one of the men, flanked by his brothers, got out a gun and waved it at his neighbor, yelling obscenities and threatening to end his [...]