Topic - Khaled Almilaji

Related Stories

FILE--In this Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Khaled Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children and risked his life to provide medical care during the country's civil war, stands for a portrait at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Almilaji says he won't return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown because of the Trump administration's travel ban. He was recently awarded a medal for meritorious service from Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Syrian doctor caught in travel ban gives up, moves to Canada

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Khaled Almilaji stands for a portrait on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he is studying for a master's degree in public health. Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children during the country's civil war, said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, that he is stuck in Turkey because President Donald Trump's executive order does not permit him to return to Providence where he lives with his his pregnant wife. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Brown seeks return of Syrian doctor blocked by travel ban

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Khaled Almilaji stands for a portrait on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he is studying for a master's degree in public health. Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children during the country's civil war, said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, that he is stuck in Turkey because President Donald Trump's executive order does not permit him to return to Providence where he lives with his his pregnant wife. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Syrian doctor studying in US stuck abroad due to travel ban

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Khaled Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children and risked his life to provide medical care during the country's civil war, stands for a portrait on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I. Almilaji is now in the Ivy League, learning about how to rebuild Syria's health system when the war finally ends. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Aleppo to the Ivy League: Syrian doctor preps for end of war

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press