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Syrian refugees stand in line as they wait for aid packages at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed

Nearly Half a Million Displaced Syrians Return Home- UN Report

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 30, 2017 | Middle East

The UN refugee agency said Friday that nearly a half-million people who were displaced within Syria due to its civil war have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year. The agency pointed out to “a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within...

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Syrian refugees cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED

Number of Global Displaced up to 65.6 Million in 2016

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2017 | World

Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday. That number that includes refugees, asylum...

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Iraqi special forces soldiers move toward the front line during fighting against ISIS militants in west Mosul, Iraq, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

UN Incapable of Receiving People Fleeing Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq Lise Grande has warned the UN would not have enough resources to confront a mass exodus from west Mosul as tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the city where Iraqi forces are fighting ISIS militants. “The number of...

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An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by ISIS militants in Mosul. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Mosul Battles Turn into ‘War of Alleyways’

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- Iraqi forces reached on Sunday the outskirts of Mosul’s old city center after pushing into some neighborhoods in West Mosul, which turned their battle with the ISIS terrorist organization into a “war of alleyways.” On Sunday, Iraqi security forces fought ISIS...

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Donations to Saudi Aid Campaign For Syrians Surpass $48.5 Million

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

The Saudi popular campaign to provide relief to the Syrian people which was ordered to be organised by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz continues to receive donations from all over the country for the second day in a row. Donations made...