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Syrian Refugees Prepare For Long Term Exile at Jordanian Camp

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...

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A woman and child at Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan in December 2012. UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN Funds for Syrian Refugees Running Out

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...

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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...