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COVID-19 hits refugees' pockets amid struggle to survive

As governments scramble to curb to the novel coronavirus pandemic within their borders, hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to humanitarian crises across the world have been left to fend for their own health during the outbreak. This year, the World Refugee Day may thus have...

Syrian refugees hit harder amid COVID-19: Expert

This is an especially challenging time for Syrian refugees living in Turkey, as most of them work in the service sector, the very front line of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a local sociologist. “Syrians living in Turkey can face much bigger challenges during the pandemic,”...

Draft UN resolution calls for three aid crossings to Syria

A draft UN resolution would maintain two border crossing points from Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest and reopen an Iraqi crossing to the northeast to deliver medical supplies for the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia, which insisted the Iraqi crossing be...