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An internally displaced Syrian girl stands near tents in the Maiber al-Salam refugee camp along the Turkish border in the northern province of Aleppo on April 17, 2013.
by Alex Edwards | Apr 20, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the latest “Friends of Syria” meeting gets underway in Turkey, the head of the UN’s refugee agency warned yesterday that the conflict in Syria may well have created the worst refugees crisis in the agency’s history. The UN’s high...
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A woman and child at Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan in December 2012. UN Photo/Mark Garten
by Alex Edwards | Apr 6, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Funds for United Nations efforts to assist refugees from the fighting in Syria are running dangerously low, according to officials at the organization. “The needs are rising exponentially and we are broke,” said Marixie Mercado, a UNICEF...