Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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A girl is pictured through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon. (R)

PLO Denies Presence of Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Group in Refugee Camp

by Nazeer Rida | May 5, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinians based in the Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon are angry over rumors that the Al-Nusra Front is currently present there. Many Palestinians worried about this possible involvement in the Syrian crisis and the implications...

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Syrian refugee women hide their faces in the Lebanese village Wadi Khaled located on the Lebanese-Syrian border during the first day of Ramadan. Source: AP Photo

Opinion: The Agony of Syrian Women Refugees

by Amal Al-Hazzani | Apr 29, 2013 | Opinion

There is only terrible news from Syria and the refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey about the situation of women and children. Inside Syria, women—even the old ones—are victims of kidnapping, murder, torture and a host of other unimaginable things. Why are...

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Syrian refugees watch as a fire sends black smoke rising over the Zaatari refugee camp in northeast Jordan, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo: Raad Adayleh)

Syrian Refugee Dies in Tent Blaze

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Mar 11, 2013 | Middle East

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Syrian refugee has died while his two children sustained third-degree burns in the early hours of Sunday morning after their tent caught fire in Zaatari refugee camp. Colonel Farid Al-Shara, director of information for Jordanian Civil Defense,...

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Syrian refugees walk amongst UNHCR tents at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on August 6. (AFP PHOTO)

Scenes of Normality Mixed with Tragedy in Zaatari

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 28, 2013 | Features

Zaatari, Asharq Al-Awsat—The old woman, referred to as Warda, is too scared to say her real name. She dries her eyes and draws her finger across her throat, acting out what she fears will happen to the relatives she left behind if anyone from the regime sees her name...