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EU committee approves $545M for refugees in Turkey

The European Parliament’s budgetary committee on Wednesday approved a proposal on supporting Syrian refugees in Turkey with an additional €485 million ($545 million).   On June 3, the European Commission proposed to top up humanitarian aid for refugees and host communities in...

Bali boots Syrian yogi over virus violations

A Syrian yogi will be kicked out of Bali for holding a crowded gathering that violated the Indonesian holiday island's coronavirus restrictions, a justice official said Wednesday. House of Om, a holistic retreat in Bali's cultural hub of Ubud, found itself in a hot water after a video went...

Adnan Walid Elbi: How one refugee's journey ended in tragedy

'My name is Adnan Elbi and my date of birth is 25th January 1990. I am a Syrian national and I currently reside at McLays Guest House, Room 50, 264/276 Renfrew Street." On May 5th 2020, Adnan Walid Elbi died in Room 50 of the Mclays Guest House in Glasgow. The Mears Group, a Home Office...

Virus pushes Syrian war-displaced to greater need: UN

Syria's war along with the COVID-19 virus has pushed hundreds of thousands of refugees deeper into need, the World Food Program said Tuesday. “Most have fled to neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt and these five countries alone host more than 5.5 million Syrians, the...