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UN bodies says Tripoli boat tragedy shows Lebanon needs more help

4 months ago
UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have said that they are “deeply saddened by the latest tragic incident at sea in which a boat reportedly carrying 84 people capsized off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon, yesterday.” Forty-five people have been rescued, six others, including a 40-day-old baby, have been confirmed as deceased while many remain missing. The passengers […]
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40,000 Syrians recruited by Putin for Ukraine war, says Monitor

5 months ago
Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said Tuesday. The Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and […]
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UN's Guterres stands firmly by Lebanon

8 months ago
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the international community has not done enough to support Lebanon, grappling with a dire economic crisis and home to over 1 million Syrian refugees. The U.N. leader urged more support at the start of a three-day visit to the small country. Guterres arrived on the high profile […]
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UNRWA chief in Lebanon, worried about Palestinian living conditions

8 months ago
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Phillippe Lazzarini, just ended a three-day visit in Lebanon where he met with UNRWA staff and refugees in Bourj al-Barajneh camp near Beirut. Lazzarini’s visit comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial crisis that is plunging the […]
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Free Patriotic movement opposed to Palestinians working in Lebanon

8 months ago
Free Patriotic Movement head Jebran Bassil tweeted Thursday that the decision by the labor minister to allow Palestinians and the unregistered individuals to practice dozens of professions is "illegal." "The decision violates the Labor Law and the Constitution," Bassil said. "It is veiled naturalization and it is rejected," the MP added. Bassil called on the […]
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Pope Francis champions plight of migrants in Cyprus visit

8 months ago
Pope Francis arrived on the divided island of Cyprus Thursday as part of a landmark trip to push two of his priorities: the plight of migrants and inter-confessional dialogue. The pontiff, 84, landed at Larnaca airport on the Mediterranean island where he will stay until early Saturday before travelling to Greece, another front in Europe's […]
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UNRWA faces budget crisis

10 months ago
The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an “existential” budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, health care and other services running, the agency’s chief said. “We keep struggling, running after cash,” Philippe Lazzarini said. “The financial situation is a real existential threat on the organization, and […]
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Corona virus strikes war-torn Syria

11 months ago
Doctors in Daraa have warned of the outbreak of the coronavirus throughout most of the province, saying that the southern Syrian region was witnessing an unprecedented rise in the number of infections. Speaking on condition of anonymity for security considerations, a doctor in Daraa told Asharq Al-Awsat that the province registered more than 120 new […]
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Syrian refugees in German want Merkel out of office

11 months ago
Tarek Saad is keen to help other Syrian refugees who have fled the war in their homeland to make a new home in Germany and he sees the federal election on Sept. 26 as an opportunity to do just that. Saad is campaigning in his adopted state of Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic coast for the […]
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Qatar fighting hard to keep humanitarian aid going to Afghanistan

11 months ago
 Qatar is working to facilitate the opening of humanitarian corridors to get aid into Afghanistan, a Qatari foreign ministry official said on Friday. Qatar was engaging with the Taliban to ensure a peaceful transition of power to an inclusive and effective government, special envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani said in a statement. Al Qahtani […]
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Blinken needs Qatar, Germany for Afghan refugees

11 months ago
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he would travel to Qatar on Sunday to meet with the country's leaders and thank them for their help during the evacuation from Afghanistan, and later proceed to Germany where he will hold a ministerial meeting. Blinken told a news conference at the State Department he […]
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Macron in evacuation talks with Taliban

12 months ago
President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that France was holding preliminary talks with the Taliban on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the possible evacuation of more people from the country. Macron, who spoke in Baghdad where he was attending a summit with several Middle East leaders, said France was also discussing with Qatar how […]
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5000 Afghanis headed to UAE, at US request

12 months ago
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country for 10 days on their way to a third country at the request of the United States, the Gulf Arab state's foreign ministry said on Friday. "The evacuees will travel to the UAE from the Afghan capital of […]
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Turkey won't be storehouse for fleeing Afghanis, Erdogan says

12 months ago
President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged European countries to take responsibility for migrants coming from Afghanistan, adding Turkey had no intention of becoming "Europe's migrant storage unit" amid turmoil in the country after the Taliban's takeover. Since the Taliban entered Kabul over the weekend, scenes of chaos have unfolded as thousands seek to leave, fearing […]
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UN wants cross-border aid to Syria as situation mounts

1 year ago
 A draft UN Security Council resolution circulated Friday would authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria across the borders of Turkey and Iraq, but Syria’s close ally Russia holds the key to its adoption. Russia has come under intense pressure from the UN, US and others who warn of dire humanitarian consequences for over […]
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