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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...

Refugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey

 Fatima Alzahra Shon thinks neighbors attacked her and her son in their Istanbul apartment building because she is Syrian. The 32-year-old refugee from Aleppo was confronted on Sept. 1 by a Turkish woman who asked her what she was doing in “our” country. Shon replied, “Who are you...

Netherlands: Syrian boy found alone at Tilburg station

Netherlands  (NOS)- A 13-year-old Syrian boy was found Sunday at Tilburg's central train station. He was there alone and made contact with a number of security guards.   "We were at the Albert Heijn To Go when he came to us," writes one of them in a message on social media. "He...