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In this picture taken on January 7, 2013, Syrian refugee men stop water from entering their tents, at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla.)

Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon escalates as UN seeks solutions

by Layal Abu Rahal | Jul 27, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—With the number of Syrians who have fled their country to Lebanon exceeding 630,000 and a scarcity of aid from international donors, Lebanon appears to be no longer able to shoulder the burden of the civil war taking place in Syria. In the...

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A refugee family from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) walks on July 13, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. Source: AFP Photo/Isaac Kasamani

60,000 Congolese flee to Uganda after rebel attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2013 | World

Kampala, AP—More than 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town near the border in a continuing influx that is stretching humanitarian capacities, an aid group said Sunday. The Uganda Red Cross has already registered 41,000 refugees and that...

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A Syrian internally displaced woman and child are reflected in a puddle of water in the Bab al-Hawa camp along the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. (AFP)

BRICS Leadership Will Be Tested by Syria

by Salman Shaikh | Mar 25, 2013 | Opinion

The humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Syria is probably the most serious crisis facing the world today. And yet, the international community is struggling to find a way forward. With more than four million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance and three million...