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Exiled Syrian doctors go back to work helping refugees in Turkey

Exiled Syrian doctors go back to work helping refugees in Turkey

Safa al-Hussein comes into the consultation room with her four-year-old daughter, Ahed, who has a leg injury she suffered during an attack on the northern Syrian city of Raqa. She is treated by a doctor and nurse, who are both Syrian like her. But this healthcare centre is hundreds of kilometres (miles) from their native […]

March 22, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar government kills 1000 Rohingya Muslims in latest army crackdown

Myanmar government kills 1000 Rohingya Muslims in latest army crackdown

Over 1000 Rohingya Muslims have been systematically killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior UN officials UN dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported. United Nations officials, from two separate agencies working in Bangladesh, where nearly 70,000 Rohingya have fled in recent months, […]

February 9, 2017 | By | Reply More
Almost 40 dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey

Almost 40 dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey

Jan 30, – More than one million refugees and migrants arrived in the European Union last year and some 3,600 died or went missing, forcing the EU to mull suspending its Schengen open-borders area for up to two years. Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank […]

January 30, 2016 | By | Reply More
Britain ‘to take 15,000 Syrian refugees’- report

Britain ‘to take 15,000 Syrian refugees’- report

Sep 06, – Prime Minister David Cameron has been under pressure internationally and domestically to address the refugee crisis. The British government is poised to accept 15,000 Syrian refugees and hopes next month to get backing for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, the Sunday Times reported. On Thursday, he said he was “deeply moved” […]

September 6, 2015 | By | Reply More
Syrian Kurds nearing IS border stronghold, thousands flee

Syrian Kurds nearing IS border stronghold, thousands flee

Jun 13, – Some 13,000 refugees have already crossed into Turkey in the last 10 days, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Hundreds more could be seen Saturday on the Syrian side of the Akcakale border crossing, waiting to cross into Turkey. Hundreds of Syrian refugees poured into a Turkish-Syrian border crossing Saturday, fleeing intense […]

June 13, 2015 | By | Reply More
Death, refugees, damage- Syria’s crisis in figures

Death, refugees, damage- Syria’s crisis in figures

Mar 12, – Key figures follow on the conflict that began with peaceful protests for reform but escalated into an all-out civil war drawing foreign jihadists after a brutal crackdown on dissent. Syria’s war has killed more than 210,000 people, uprooted half the population and left the country in ruins since erupting four years ago. […]

March 12, 2015 | By | Reply More
Al Qaeda driving exodus of Syrians

Al Qaeda driving exodus of Syrians

Sep 24, – Al Qaeda and its affiliates are forcing Syrians to flee to neighboring countries such as Turkey. Many of the refugees have harrowing stories to tell of how they escaped the clutches of the militant brigades. Dozens of Syrian refugees cluster night and day around the wooden picnic tables of a park on […]

September 24, 2013 | By | Reply More
China’s growing frustration with NKorea offers glimmer hope for US

China’s growing frustration with NKorea offers glimmer hope for US

June 6, WASHINGTON (AP) — There is no sign that the North Korean regime is in danger or that U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss that possibility when they meet this week in California. Any such talk would alarm North Korea if word got out. China’s growing frustration with longtime […]

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