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UN to ‘facilitate’ evacuations from Syria desert camp
The United Nations said Friday it will help evacuate civilians from an “abysmal” Syrian desert camp near the border with Jordan, after a ... Middle East -
Palestinian president visits West Bank refugee camp
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday toured the Jalazone camp in the occupied West Bank, official media announced, in a rare visit to a ... Middle East -
Australian ISIS orphans rescued from Syria camp
Eight orphans of Australian ISIS fighters have been spirited out of a camp in Syria, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday, in an apparent ... Middle East -
UN: Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria
Freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care have killed at least 15 displaced Syrian children in recent weeks, the United Nations reported on ... Middle East -
Bangladesh plans to send 100,000 Rohingya to a vulnerable island
Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into a home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown ... World News -
Pope Francis likens some refugee centers to ‘concentration camps’
Pope Francis on Saturday described some of Europe’s refugee centres as “concentration camps” as he paid tribute to an unknown ... Middle East -
Behind the fences of Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp
Fenced off with barbed wire and a low brick barricade, the camp reflects the severity of the ongoing Syrian conflict, that has caused millions to flee Blogs -
Austria says closure of Balkan route is ‘permanent’
As a result of the route’s closure, thousands of migrants have built up and are left stranded Middle East -
Macedonia imposes new restrictions on flow of refugees
The restrictions were the latest move by Macedonia to slow the flow of refugees into the country Middle East -
In field on edge of Greece, refugees’ desperation grows
The fields on the outskirts of this Greek border town have become the flashpoint in Europe’s massive refugee crisis Features -
France begins bulldozing ‘Jungle’ refugee camp
Two bulldozers and around 20 workers began destroying dozens of makeshift shacks World News -
Syrian refugees recreate landmarks from home
Syrian artists living in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan are using any materials they can find in a project to recreate historic sites from home Features -
After three years, Jordan refugee camp for Syrians now a city
Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan grows from a town of tents into a city Features -
Fattah colonel killed in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp
A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fattah movement was shot dead in a Lebanese refugee camp Middle East -
How can we solve the global refugee crisis?
Could multinational corporations hold the key to solving the world’s refugee crisis? Features -
Hungary police fire tear gas to quell riot in refugee camp
The disturbance began after one migrant ran off with another’s copy of the Quran and trampled on it World News -
Syrian refugees torn between death and refuge
The difference of opinion among political parties in Turkey regarding the Syrian issue is not only to gain votes Middle East -
Matt Dillon puts rare celebrity spotlight on Rohingya
American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims Asia -
Refugees in Somalia left homeless
Dozens of houses and shops were destroyed in the area after the Somali government ordered the demolition of makeshift homes. Perspective -
Angelina Jolie visits refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan
The U.N. envoy and Hollywood superstar arrived on an unannounced visit late on Saturday Variety -
Syrian children at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq
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World Food Program launches social media appeal for Syria funds
The UN agency was forced to make the plea after running out of funds to pay for its food voucher program for Syrian refugees Digital -
U.N. airlifts winter aid to desperate Iraqis
UNHCR: the first of seven planned flights from Pakistan had touched down in Erbil Middle East -
HRW: ISIS abused captive Kurdish children
Four of the children held by the extremists described frequent beatings with a hose and electric cable Features -
Clashes in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon kill 9
Fatah official says the dispute began several weeks ago as a personal disagreement between members from Ansar Allah and Shuhada al-Awda Middle East -
U.N. alarmed by deadly Syrian protest in Jordan camp
The United Nations said it was alarmed at the demonstration in the refugee camp in which police fired tear gas and there were reports of live ammunition Middle East -
Jordan: 1 dead in Syria refugee camp
Witnesses in the camp, which is home to more than 100,000 refugees, told AFP on Saturday that a woman was killed in a clash with Jordanian police Middle East -
Syrians in remote tented settlement feel abandoned
The majority of refugees moved into Jordan’s towns and cities, many of them impoverished but able to reach facilities and access aid from the United Nations Analysis -
For Syrian refugees in Domiz, Kurdish is one of few comforts
Amid the small stores and shisha cafes of Domiz, the Kurdish language thrives Features -
The least that can be done for Syrians
The suffering of the Syrian people from displacement and starvation is beyond imagination. More than five million Syrians, inside the country and ... Middle East