"She would complete pharmacy school this fall in Syria".
She will do that in the safe, government-held area I assume, not where the rebels roam and kill (why didn't the author of this sob-piece have the courage to point that out?).
Yup, this is the 'Assad regime's Syria, where women can get top level education. They can also ditch the hijab, if they choose to.
The education system in Syria is heavily subsidised by the state, so when she 'completes her studies' , she does so on the government's dime, only to take all that investment with her to the United States. A win-win for the Americans, a brain drain for Syria.
That's the real story.