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...
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...
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,...
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...
