DAMASCUS - The United Nations World Food Programme today announced that it will scale up efforts to provide basic food assistance to the most vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Syria and called on the...
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DAMASCUS - The United Nations World Food Programme today announced that it will scale up efforts to provide basic food assistance to the most vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Syria and called on the...
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DAMASCUS, 21 November 2007 (IRIN) Syria's public health system is under severe strain. Although the quality of its health care remains regionally strong, growing budget deficits, ballooning...
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DAMASCUS, Oct 25 (KUNA) -- Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdelmajeed reiterated here on Thursday that his ministry would do all it could to offer all facilities to the Iraqi displaced persons...
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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis SAIDA ZEINAB, Syria, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Suffering kidney disease and living in a Damascus slum, Amal Jabar lost her only means of support when Syria closed its borders to Iraqi...
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AMMAN/BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS/DUBAI, 9 October 2007 (IRIN) - As cholera awareness posters have been going up in Baghdad, countries bordering Iraq have also taken measures to prevent an outbreak of the...
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The Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Gulf region Ahmed Gubartalla said yesterday that his agency is pleased to announce a US$10 million donation by His...
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Damascus,_(dpa) _ Syrian authorities began imposing visa restrictions on Iraqis entering the country in a bid to stem the steady flow of people fleeing Iraq, a Syrian official said. Syria postponed...
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GENEVA, September 26 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Wednesday began annual consultations with representatives of some 200 non-governmental organizations who play a vital role in helping UNHCR...
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DAMASCUS, Sept 14, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Syria has decided to suspend visa restrictions to the Iraqi refugees during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, the independent Syria-News website...
DAMASCUS, Sept 12, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A visiting European Parliament official on Wednesday called on the international community to offer more assistance to Syria in a bid to help it contain...
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ANKARA, Sep 3, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Turkey will distribute five truck loads of humanitarian assistance, including tents, blankets and foodstuffs, to Iraqi refugees living in Syria, said...
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Damascus_(dpa) _ Syrian government sources said Friday that from September 10, Iraqis wanting to visit Syria will have to apply for a visa at the Syrian embassy in Baghdad. The measure, considered a...
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By Saleh Dabbakeh in Amman and Damascus Sunday (29 July) was an historical day for Iraqi football and for Ammar. In spite of severe injuries, the 35-year-old man just had to leave the Jordan Red...
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DAMASCUS, Syria, 31 July (UNHCR) - When the Mikhail family escaped to Syria, hounded from their home in Baghdad at the end of last year by death threats, they had to begin a new struggle as refugees...
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DAMASCUS, 30 July 2007 (IRIN) - Syria's minister of health said providing free medical care to the over 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria is costing the country around US$60 million a year, a...
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DAMASCUS, 28 June 2007 (IRIN) - A joke circulating here has two Iraqis wandering the streets of the Syrian capital, angrily protesting the large number of Syrians taking over their city. With up to...
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Damascus, 18 June 2007 - WFP today thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 720 metric tons of dates donated to support WFP's beneficiaries in Syria. The dates for Syria are part of the 4,000 metric...
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DAMASCUS, 15 May 2007 (IRIN) - In a quiet street in Douma, 25km from the centre of Damascus, a new refugee centre is taking shape. The former warehouse, taken over by the United Nations Refugee...
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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS, April 29 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Sunday to help Syria deal with Iraqi refugees flooding into the country since the U.S.-led invasion to topple...
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AL TANF REFUGEE CAMP, Syria-Iraq border, April 25 (UNHCR) - A fire swept through the Al Tanf refugee camp in no-man's land desert area between Syria and Iraq on Tuesday night, leaving 28 Palestinian...