Syrian Refugees

Syrian shopkeeper Mustafa is pictured at his clothes shop in Istanbul's Kucukcekmece district
Attacks against Syrians in Turkey raise fears of escalation
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ISTANBUL - Ahmad Yassine was working in his barbershop in Istanbul's working-class district of Kucukcekmece when he saw an angry crowd gather. Then they attacked his business and others owned by Syrians. "They threw stones, the window was completely shattered. There was three of us inside, we were scared," the young man who fled from Aleppo six years ago said. "We were not able to leave before midnight, one in the morning," he added. The most recent violence against Syrians in Kucukcekmece 10 days ago has r
Syrians victims of xenophobic attacks in Turkey
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Around 35,000 Syrian refugees are affected by the demolition order, including 15,000 people in the Arsal region, UNHCR says
Syrian refugees forced to destroy ‘illegal’ Lebanon camps
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A Lebanese army soldier stand guards in front of Syrian refugees who stand outside their tent to watch the opening ceremony of a school for Syrian refugees, in the Bekaa valley
Lebanon denies forcing Syrians home from Beirut airport
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Aerial view of the informal Rukban camp, between the Jordan and Syria borders
UN says 7,000 Syrians have quit Jordan border camp
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A teacher gives Turkish language lessons to Syrian children at Turkish Youth and Sport Center (Genclik ve Spor Merkezi) in Adana on March 18, 2019.
Aid programme lets Syrian kids in Turkey go back to school
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Men queue up in front of an SDF official, who registers each new arrival.
US-backed forces scan civilians for jihadists on Syria border
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Lebanese politicians have stepped up calls for refugees to go home now that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has recovered control
Lebanon president urges Syrian refugee efforts
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A child wades through rain and snow waters at an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees following winter storms in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley on January 17, 2019.
Syrian refugees wade through wet Lebanese winter
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Syrian refugees women hold their children as they sit in Ouzai refugee compound, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon.
Syrian refugees’ repatriation a slow, long-term process
Samar Kadi
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Syrian refugee women stand in front of their homes at Azraq refugee camp, near Al Azraq city, Jordan
250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year
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A Syrian refugee prepares coffee at the back of an improvised food truck in the Egyptian capital Cairo
Syrians roam Cairo streets to sell drinks illegally
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BEIRUT - Lebanon's army has detained around 400 Syrians in raids on refugee camps in the eastern Bekaa valley, mostly for overstaying their residence permits, a military source said Thursday. Almost eight years into Syria's war, neighbouring Lebanon hosts around 1.5 million Syrians, many of whom live in the east of the tiny Mediterranean country. On Wednesday, the army in the Arsal area detained "33 people with arrest warrants, 56 people without identity papers, and 300 others over expired documents", it sa
Lebanese army raids camps, detains hundreds of Syrians
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After Kontar's arrest, Malaysian officials had said they were going to work with Syrian authorities to deport him back to his war-torn homeland.
Syrian refugee in limbo granted Canadian residency
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Cyprus has warned Brussels it faces growing pressure from increasing irregular migration.
Police say 47 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus
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Jordanian soldier stands at the north eastern border with Syria, close to the informal Rukban camp.
UN aid trucks reach remote refugee camp in Syria
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