Almost 7 billion euros were pledged today to support war-torn Syria at a donor conference in Brussels. Around 60 countries and international agencies gathered to drum up financial aid for the Arab nation as the corona-virus and economic chaos wreak even more havoc in a country shattered by a conflict …
Read More »No food for foreigners
Jorg Sartor does not like to turn newcomers away from his food bank, especially single mothers like the young Syrian woman with her 5-year-old son who had waited outside since before dawn. But rules are rules. And for the moment, it is Germans only. โโThe whole country is up in …
Read More »A Sharp Rise In The Rate Of Arrivals Reaching The Greek Island Of Lesbos
The Levant News ย – – More than 3,000 Syrian and Afghan refugees, soaked and exhausted, reached the Greek island of Lesbos within hours on Wednesday, a sharp rise in the rate of arrivals via the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey. They were the latest wave of at least 430,000 refugees …
Read More »Pope Francis’ Meeting With Syrian Refugees
The Levant – – “There are wars, refugees who are escaping in this wave of migration away from wars,” Pope Francis on Saturday told reporters aboard the plane taking him from Rome to Havana to start his nine-day trip to Cuba and the United States. Popย described how he became emotional …
Read More »Where Hope and Death are Equal: The Tragedy of Syrian Refugees
The Levant News — ย By Mirvat Sibaii —ย Desperate of the harsh reality, they departed from their homeland to the unknown, running away from life of fear and worry, hoping to get a chance to live in peace and dignity. Certainly, they risk their lives, but hope is stronger …
Read More »“My Syrian brother, you are welcome in Lebanon”: Activists meet discrimination against refugees with solidarity
THE LEVANT – Insults, attacks and curfews have become commonplace experiences for some Syrian war refugees in Lebanon, with rights watchdogs saying the community faces growing discrimination. In many parts of the country, it is no longer unusual to see posters prohibiting “foreigners” โ understood to mean Syrians โ from …
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