by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2016 | Middle East
Salaam Asha’ra and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected that the civil war in their country would last for years without any signs of subsiding, creating the worst refugee crisis in the world since the end of World War II. Asha’ra’s family was...
by Alex Edwards | Apr 6, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Funds for United Nations efforts to assist refugees from the fighting in Syria are running dangerously low, according to officials at the organization. “The needs are rising exponentially and we are broke,” said Marixie Mercado, a UNICEF...
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...
