Alongside IRC aid workers, Queen Rania Al Abdullah met with refugees stranded on the Greek island of Lesbos.

With help from the International Rescue Committee and an aviation school in Jordan, two sisters from Syria and their Jordanian friend -- a future pilot, a future flight attendant and a future astronaut -- made their dream of flight a reality. Read their full story.

Mandy Patinkin visited the southern border of Syria where millions of refugees have crossed into Jordan during eight years of the Syrian civil war. After visiting refugees in Greece, Italy, Serbia, Uganda, Germany and Jordan with the International Rescue Committee, Mandy's conclusion is simple: refugees are part of our family—the human family.

Meet Mustapha and his wife Safaa, who risked their lives in hope of finding safety for their young children in Europe. The family of four fled from the war­ravaged city of Aleppo to Turkey and then took the dangerous boat journey to the Greek island of Lesbos. Mustafa is aware of the backlash against refugees that has engulfed Europe since the Nov.

Last year, the Governor of Texas declared that the state would no longer accept Syrian refugees, citing security concerns after the horrific attacks in Paris. The state demanded that the International Rescue Committee halt its resettlement programs or face a lawsuit. A federal judge on June 16, 2016 dismissed the lawsuit that would have banned refugee resettlement in Texas.

In interviews filmed by the International Rescue Committee's emergency response team in Greece, three Syrian refugees who made their way to the Greek island of Lesbos describe their harrowing experiences in Syria and why they had to leave.

Over 600,000 Syrian refugees are currently in Jordan, 80% of whom live in urban areas among Jordanian neighbors.  In February the International Rescue Committee organized a two-week social-therapy workshop at our women's center in the city of Irbid that brought together Syrian refugee teenagers and their Jordanian counterparts.