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Karama Human Rights Film Festival Kicks off with 16 Movies

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Beirut-Over the three coming days, Metropolis Empire Sofil cinema will be hosting the first edition of the Karama Human Rights Film Festival. Amidst the hard conditions in Lebanon and the Arab world, the festival seeks to raise awareness on the rights of refugees and...

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Turkish Ministry of Interior Specifies Criteria for the Naturalisation of Syrians

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2016 | World

Discussions about granting citizenship to Syrian refugees, a decision which the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on the 2nd of July, continued yesterday. The Minister of Interior Efkan Ala announced that Turkey will speed up the process to grant...

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Opinion: Naturalising Wealthy Syrians

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 13, 2016 | Opinion

When the Turkish Prime Minister promised to grant Syrian refugees citizenship, each person interpreted this in their own way. His Turkish opponents opposed the decision and considered it an attempt to strengthen his position in the next election and gain the Syrian...

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A Syrian girl waits near suitcases as other Syrians arrive at Lebanon’s northern Tripoli port to embark a passenger ferry to Turkey September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Kerry Says U.S. Will Welcome Target of 10,000 Syrian Refugees

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 13, 2016 | Middle East

The United States will open its doors to a target of 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced. Washington has received harsh criticism from activists for taking little action to settle those...

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A Syrian refugee holds onto his daughter as he waits to cross into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015, Reuters

Syrian Refugees Caught in the Poverty Trap

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 5, 2016 | Middle East

Increasing numbers of Syrian refugees in the Middle East are falling into deeper debt and facing grinding poverty, partly as a result of exhausting their savings with shortages of essential aid worsening their plight, U.N. agencies and local governments said on...