Found today, while looking for other references, very different in purpose and style, open to comments.
New York Times, the lives of Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp in Jordan:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/09/world/middleeast/zaatari.html
Al Jazeera, interactive, Mapping Syria:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/07/20137188552345899.html