Growing up as a refugee: 'I missed my childhood'
Aside from the fact that she is a refugee, Amal Osman is in every other way like a typical 14-year-old. She rolls her eyes when asked questions she doesn't want to answer, speaks in monosyllables and...
View Article€200mn humanitarian aid package for Syria crisis and Iraq delivered by...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for External Action) The European Commission has successfully delivered the €200 million humanitarian aid package for the Syria Crisis, and Iraq,...
View Article€200mn humanitarian aid package for Syria crisis and Iraq delivered by...
(Source: Delegation of the European Union to Syria) The European Commission has successfully delivered the €200 million humanitarian aid package for the Syria Crisis, and Iraq, which was announced in...
View ArticleSyrian refugee crisis: EU Trust Fund launches single biggest EU response...
(Source: Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Lebanon) EU Trust Fund Syria Crisis 01.12.15 EN EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE Syrian refugee crisis: EU Trust Fund launches single...
View ArticleDon't fear us, even the single men, Syrian refugees tell Canadians
AMMAN, Jordan -- Khaled Dos says he understands why Canada is focusing on families as it chooses thousands of potential new citizens from among the millions of Syrian refugees desperate for a fresh...
View ArticleSyrian Crisis - United Nations Response (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 3 December 2015 Special Envoy continues consultations on Vienna process As part of his ongoing consultations, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de...
View ArticleA Time of Unparalleled Need (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) It's hard to believe that what began as a simple cry for opportunity and human rights has become the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. Five years ago, at the...
View ArticleCanada's swift resettlement offers hope to Syria refugees
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The only thing Mohammed, a civil war refugee from Syria, knew about Canada was that it's a bit cold. Yet he accepted on the spot when asked if he wanted to settle there and be...
View ArticleSyrian refugees: four million people forced to flee as crisis deepens
Largest exodus from a single conflict in a generation places humanitarian system under increasing financial strain...
View ArticleUN seeks $4.63 billion to aid Syrian refugees and host nations (UNHCR -...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Syrian refugee Mais, and her younger sister Anaghem, stand at the door of their apartment in Amman, Jordan, in this 2014...
View ArticleUN seeks $4.63 bln aid for Syrian refugees and host nations (UNHCR - Office...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Syrian refugee Mais, and her younger sister Anaghem, stand at the door of their apartment in Amman, Jordan, in this 2014...
View ArticleAfter Isis: the families returning home in Iraq
While the battle for Mosul rages, residents are returning to the ghost town of Jalawla. Can they rebuild their lives after a year of occupation?...
View ArticleYemen's Hidden War
Dawn is just breaking on June 5th at Djibouti's international airport, but it's already boiling hot on the tarmac. Mohammed Issa, a rotund and mustachioed border-police officer, gestures to a massive...
View ArticleDaily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the...
(Source: UN - United Nations) The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon everyone. **Kuwait...
View ArticleWorld Food Program cuts aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) The World Food Program announced new cuts Friday in food aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan, highlighting a growing funding crisis of international agencies helping millions...
View ArticleWFP Forced To Suspend Syrian Refugee Food Assistance, Warns Of Terrible...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it has been forced to suspend a critical programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7...
View ArticleWatch List 2017
Global Overview Whether unprecedented or not, the challenges currently facing our global security are immense and cause for considerable alarm. It is difficult to think of a time in recent history when...
View ArticleThrough the eyes of a Syrian refugee
Syrian refugees stalk Beirut’s commercial districts such as Hamra and Achrafieh. Shoeshine boys walk up and down the avenues, including the beachfront, the Corniche, asking to clean your shoes. A group...
View ArticleThe Ramadan Fast Presents Muslims With Diabetes With A Tough Choice
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — For years, diabetic Shawkat al-Khalili ignored his doctor's orders not to fast during the holy month of Ramadan when most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims abstain from food and...
View ArticleRamadan fast imposes difficult choice on diabetic Muslims
Reprints + - In this Sunday, June 14, 2015, photo, a nurse takes blood from a patient at Jordan's National Center for Diabetes in Amman, Jordan. The center is particularly busy ahead of the Muslim holy...
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