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Syrian Refugees

For migrants in Greece, road to new life is through Albania

In the early 1990s, tens of thousands of impoverished Albanian migrants slogged through the oak woods near the village of Ieropigi, dodging Greek border patrols to seek work in Greece after the collapse of communism in Albania. Thirty years later, the cross-border flow is reversed, though on...

UN says Lebanon's economic crisis blights Syrian refugees

More than 1 million Syrian refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon are experiencing deteriorating conditions that have left nine out of ten of them in extreme poverty, U.N. agencies warned Wednesday. The worsening conditions come despite increased assistance for Syrians living in Lebanon, where one...

Syria regime at UN: doors open for safe return of refugees

Syria's top diplomat on Monday said his country's doors are open for the safe return of refugees, and accused Western nations of taking advantage of the suffering of Syrians while pretending to care for their well-being. "We have made it clear that Syria's doors are wide open for the safe...

Syrian dies of swallowing gasoline in fuel-strapped Lebanon

 A Syrian man has died after swallowing gasoline he was siphoning out of his vehicle’s tank with a plastic tube, Lebanon’s national news agency reported Saturday. Lebanon is witnessing a paralyzing fuel shortage that has driven the public to hoard gasoline and resort to black-market...