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Aussie PM rebuffs call for more refugee intake
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has rejected a request for his government to open the doors of the country to more refugees from Syria, which has been gripped by a deadly foreign-sponsored...
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A Reminder That A Syrian Migrant’s Son Gave Us The iPhone: Alexander C. Kaufman
A Hungary ruled by right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban doesn’t deserve to produce the next iPhone. The populist leader has spewed viciously xenophobic and anti-Muslim rhetoric as migrants — many of...
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1,000% increase in number of people seeking protection in Turkey
The number of foreigners seeking international protection in Turkey increased dramatically in 2013 compared to 2005, an official report showed. The report, the first of its kind in Turkey, released by...
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Nations split ahead of EU’s release of refugee quotas
The president of the European Union Commission is set to present his plan on how to tackle the refugee crisis that is dividing governments in Europe. Jean-Claude Juncker is expected to announce a...
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UN to Europe: Guarantee to relocate 200,000 refugees
The United Nations has called on European states to guarantee relocation for 200,000 refugees, as record numbers flee to the continent from war-torn nations. UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told Al...
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Migrant crisis a failure of European policy, UN says
The refugee crisis in Europe is a crisis not because of the number of refugees, but because of Europe’s failure to respond to it in a coordinated fashion, the UN Refugee agency has said. The UNHCR...
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Amnesty International slams EU over mishandling of refugee crisis
Amnesty International has lashed out at the European countries over mishandling of the refugee crisis in the continent. “The response to the refugee crisis in Europe has been piecemeal and incoherent...
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Russia complains of ‘strange hysteria’ over its presence in Syria
Russia’s foreign ministry has complained of a “strange hysteria” over Moscow’s actions in Syria, as western countries expressed concerns over apparent preparations for military intervention. Foreign...
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2.5m Syrians hosted by KSA since uprising
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has hosted around 2.5 million Syrians since the beginning of the crisis in that country in 2011, the Foreign Ministry has said. In a statement issued to SPA, the ministry said the...
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Iraq to allow Russia to use its airspace for aid to Syria
An Iraqi MP said on Friday that his country might not object to a Russian request to use Iraqi airspace to deliver aid to the Syrian regime in its war against Daesh [ISIS]. Mowafaq Al-Rabei stressed...
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Syria’s civilians living a ‘life worse than death’
Every year, Syria’s crisis demands more of the world’s aid than the last. Every year, this crisis demands more of Syrians than the last. “Every day is worse than yesterday,” Abu Mohammed tells me as we...
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UN Security Council agrees on Syria peace plan
The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on the text of a draft resolution for peace talks in January and a ceasefire aimed at ending the war in Syria. All 15 members of the council agreed to...
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Refugees are becoming Russia’s weapon of choice in Syria
Russia’s flat denials of responsibility for the lethal bombing of hospitals and schools in Syria cut no ice in Ankara. Senior Turkish officials say Vladimir Putin and his Syrian allies are shamelessly...
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Syrian army seizes Aleppo villages, takes aim at Raqqa
Syrian government forces have continued to tighten their grip around Aleppo province, as they push for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) stronghold in Raqqa, a monitoring group and...
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Russia halts air strikes as Syria truce takes hold
Russia halted air strikes in Syria on Saturday in accordance with a ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Washinton as part of efforts to gain momentum for peace talks to end the nearly five-year war....
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Meet the refugees who fled war-torn Syria for the besieged and impoverished...
On a bustling Gaza street lined with restaurants, juice vendors and shawarma stands, one facade immediately catches the eye: A large, modernist black cube sits atop the entrance to Syriana – Arabic for...
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Syrian ceasefire: Getting aid to desperate civilians
With a precarious ceasefire holding in Syria for a second day, aid organisations geared up on Sunday to get desperately needed food and medicine to besieged residents. An estimated 480,000 Syrians are...
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Seven Indian Companies Named In Islamic State Supply Chain
THE CITIZEN BUREAU Sunday, February 28,2016 NEW DELHI: A European Union-mandated study has concluded that seven Indian companies figure in a list of commercial entities that are involved in the supply...
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Thousands may have starved to death in Syria: UN
The United Nations human rights chief warned on Monday that thousands of people may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in war-torn Syria. The comments by Zeid...
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Daesh executes eight Dutch members in Syria: Source
Daesh has executed eight Dutch members of the Takfiri terrorist group in Syria on charges of trying to flee the battlefield, a local source says. “Daesh executed eight Dutch fighters on Friday in...
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