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Urfa Refugee Camp: True Tragedy

(Eqtsad)- Around 30,000 Syrians from the provinces of Latakia, Idlib and Aleppo live in Urfa Tel Hamoud Camp 1, close to the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn but inside Turkish territory. The camp residents experience terrible conditions with the absence of any local or international supervision of...

Ahlan Bear: Stuffed animal welcomes Syrian children to Canada

(Middle East Eye)- Sasha Naffaa knows how lonely it can be to leave your friends behind when you move to a new country. That’s why the fourth grader hopes a stuffed animal, designed specifically to welcome Syrian refugee children to Canada, can help ease their difficult transition....

Half of Syrian refugees in Turkey are under 18

Over 1.3 million Syrian refugees in the country are under the age of 18, the Interior Ministry has revealed Thursday. According to the figures collected by the Directorate General of Migration Management, 1,322,187 Syrian children currently live in Turkey. Turkey hosts the largest number...

German FM meets Syrian refugees in east Lebanon

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Friday met with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley town of Barr Elias. Steinmeier arrived in Beirut at dawn for a one-day trip to Lebanon. UNHCR has registered some 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but the Lebanese government...