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Cars burnt and destroyed by clashes are seen on a street during a battle between Iraqi forces and ISIS militants, in Mosul, Iraq March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

UN: Over 100,000 Civilians behind ISIS Lines in Mosul’s Old City

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 16, 2017 | Middle East

The UN refugee agency said Friday that ISIS militants may be holding more than 100,000 civilians as human shields in the historic district of Mosul with a government offensive to recapture the northern Iraqi city entering its ninth month. The UN refugee agency’s...

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UNHCR Urges Morocco and Algeria to Help Stranded Syrians

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 31, 2017 | Middle East

Rabat- The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has urged Morocco and Algeria for “prompt action” to provide safe passage for more than 40 Syrian refugees trapped since mid-April in no-man’s land between the two countries. “Prompt action by both governments is needed...

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Syrian refugee children drink water at Azraq refugee camp near Al Azraq city, Jordan, August 19, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Azraq Refugee Camp Now Runs on Solar Energy

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | May 19, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Azraq, Jordan- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) inaugurated a solar power plant at the Azraq camp hosting Syrian refugees in Jordan. The plant, which was funded by the “Brighter Lives for Refugees” campaign organized by the IKEA Foundation,...

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Internally displaced people from South Sudan wait to be registered by the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Program on May 11, 2016. (AFP)

UN: $1.4 bn Needed to Address Famine in South Sudan in 2017

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2017 | World

United Nations agencies made an appeal on Monday for at least 1.4 billion that is needed to help those fleeing war and famine in South Sudan. The agencies increased their 2017 appeal for South Sudan’s refugees, saying they needed at least $1.4 billion to help...

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TOPSHOT – This handout picture released on May 25, 2016 by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast today. At least seven migrants have drowned after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overturned, the Italian navy said. The navy said 500 people had been pulled to safety and seven bodies recovered, but rescue operations were continuing and the death toll could rise.

The navy’s Bettica patrol boat spotted “a boat in precarious conditions off the coast of Libya with numerous migrants aboard,” it said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / MARINA MILITARE AND AFP PHOTO / STR / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / MARINA MILITARE” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Migrant Boats Capsize Off Libya Killing 11

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said Monday citing survivors, in the latest such tragedy. The first involved an inflatable craft which left Libya early Friday with 132 people on board, only...