Joseph Mayton

Joseph Mayton is a journalist based in Cairo, Egypt and has reported across the region over the years. He is the Editor-in-chief of Bikyamasr and grew up in northern Idaho.

Waiting for Assad’s fall, record numbers of Syrians flee to Jordan

by Joseph Mayton
ZAATARI, Jordan–As the Syrian civil war and the fight to remove President Bashar Assad unfolds, more than half a million people have fled their homes during dangerously cold winter months. There are roughly 60,000 Syrians in the Zaatari, one of the largest refugee camps that sits just across the Jordanian border. According to a recent […]
Dec 11, 2012