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Number of Syrian refugees reaches one million

By , on March 6th, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one million, the UN’s refugee agency said Wednesday. “With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and thousands of people continuing to cross the border every day, Syria is spiralling towards full-scale disaster,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Syrian Flood Into Lebanon Stirs Fear of Looming Disaster

By By ANNE BARNARD, on February 24th, 2013

An influx of needy Syrians, seeming to fill Lebanon’s every nook and cranny, is heightening sectarian tensions in a nation haunted by refugee crises and loath to act.

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Car blast kills at least 10 on Turkey-Syria border

By , on February 11th, 2013

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Aid Groups Report Rising Misery Among Displaced Syrians

By By RICK GLADSTONE and NICK CUMMING-BRUCE, on January 8th, 2013

A million Syrians are not getting enough to eat, the groups said, and in Jordan, violence broke out in a refugee camp after a winter storm.

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Holiday ceasefire in Syria crumbles amid deadly fighting

By , on October 26th, 2012

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A powerful car bomb exploded in Damascus yesterday, inflicting many casualties and shattering a shaky temporary truce in the Syrian conflict on the occasion of a Muslim religious holiday. State television said the “terrorist car bomb” had killed five people and wounded 32, according to “preliminary figures”. Opposition activists said the bomb had gone off near a makeshift children’s playground built for the Eid al-Adha holiday in the southern Daf al-Shok district of the capital. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Syrian refugees in Lebanon top 100,000: UN

By , on October 23rd, 2012

<!– google_ad_section_start –> More than 100,000 Syrians have fled their war-torn country for neighbouring Lebanon, itself hit by rising tensions in recent days, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. “Lebanon has become the third country in the region to see its population of registered Syrian refugees and people waiting for registration (exceed) the 100,000 mark,” the UNHCR said in a statement. As of Monday, the official number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon stood at 101,283. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Crime Wave Engulfs Syria as Its Cities Reel From War

By By an employee of THE NEW YORK TIMES and DAMIEN CAVE, on August 10th, 2012

Even in neighborhoods where skirmishes are rare, Syrians say that thieves prey on the weak, and police stations no longer function because the officers have run away.

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Crime Wave Engulfs Syria as Its Cities Reel From War

By By an employee of THE NEW YORK TIMES and DAMIEN CAVE, on August 10th, 2012

Even in neighborhoods where skirmishes are rare, Syrians say that thieves prey on the weak, and police stations no longer function because the officers have run away.

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Ceylanpinar Journal: Refugees Escape Syria to a Barren Plain of Sweat and Grit

By By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, on July 31st, 2012

The Ceylanpinar camp, home to more than 12,000 Syrians who fled their country’s civil war, is in the Turkish equivalent of Siberia, a dusty, rocky plain in southeastern Turkey.

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For Syrian refugees who fled with nothing, wait seems endless

By Liz Sly, on July 18th, 2012

In a camp of converted shipping containers surrounded by a barbed-wire fence, 11,500 Syrians spend their days waiting and wondering when they might be able to go home. Most of them fled for their lives in an instant, never imagining their exile would last so long. Read full article > >

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For Syrian refugees who fled with nothing, wait seems endless

By Liz Sly, on July 18th, 2012

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Syria Says Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Damascus

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on April 27th, 2012

A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding nearly 30, state TV said. Thousands of Syrians protested elsewhere to denounce persistent violence by President Bashar Assad’s regime.

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Red Cross Tries to Enter Syrian Town

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on March 4th, 2012

Saudi Arabia said Sunday that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accused the Damascus government of “imposing itself by force,” as concerns mounted over a humanitarian crisis there.

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Syrians protest under watch of Arab League monitors

By , on December 27th, 2011

BEIRUT — Huge crowds of Syrians gathered in the streets of Homs on Tuesday during a visit by Arab League observers, eager to demonstrate their opposition to the government in an atmosphere of relative safety, organizers said. A team of 50 observers is charged with assessing whether Syrian authorities are implementing an Arab League agreement to withdraw troops from cities and end a violent crackdown on the protest movement. Read full article > >

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Assad praised at Syria funerals

By , on December 24th, 2011

Thousands of Syrians attend the funerals of the 44 victims of Friday’s Damascus bomb attacks, with mourners pledging support for President Assad.

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VIDEO: Tensions rise on Syrian border

By , on June 16th, 2011

Jonathan Head reports from the Syrian Turkish border where Syrians have fled from the into Turkey in the past week to escape military operations.

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Syria launches assault on town as protests continue

By jbecker, on June 9th, 2011

Thousands of Syrians again took to the streets around the country to call for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad as hundreds crossed the border into neighboring Turkey to escape the threatened assault. Read full article > >

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Mourner: ‘They sprayed us with bullets’

By , on May 21st, 2011

Anger and grief lingered across Syria on Saturday, a day after deadly protests erupted across the country and Syrians raced over the Turkish border to escape the persistent violence.

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Residents fleeing Syrian town tell of arrests, terror

By , on May 15th, 2011

DAMASCUS, Syria — In the two-month-long uprising against Syrian authorities, the southern town of Daraa has been at the heart of the unrest, and the inspiration for many other Syrians as protests have spread across the country. But Daraa’s defiance has come with a cost: Civilians who have fled the town in the past week described scenes of terror, with arbitrary detentions and snipers on rooftops. One young man, Mohammed, said he walked 13 miles through forests Tuesday to evade capture after his parents were arrested by security forces. He feared that if he did not leave Daraa, he would be next. Read full article > >

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