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Syrian government blocked UN earthquake response in opposition areas

Source: Middle East Eye By Ali Al Ibrahim, Ahmad Haj Hamdo, Mohammad Bassiki, Simon Hooper The Syrian government obstructed rescue efforts in the country's northwest after February's devastating earthquake because it did not ask for…
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COVID-19: A Ticking Time Bomb in Northern Syria and its Refugee Camps

Ahmad El-Haj Bakri "There is no place for social distancing here. We are 40 people, and have lived in eight tents since 2015," says 62-year-old Maryam Sheikh Omar. Maryam has 15 boys, one girl, and 18 grandchildren. She has lived with…
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Syria: Hope no longer enough, as COVID-19 Haunts Elderly

Ammar Ezz It is not only making ends meet that worries Badriyah al-Jasim (55), a Syrian woman displaced from the countryside of Ma`arat al-Nu`man city. There is also COVID-19, which had her extremely worried and distressed, for…
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Marriage by Picture: Matchmakers Preying on Syrian Refugee Girls in Turkey

Ayman Makieh – Istanbul Samar, a Syrian girl from Aleppo, had no idea her marriage to a rich Saudi man in Istanbul would only last one day. This 22-year-old had been longing for a more stable life, away from the atrocities of war. Her hope…
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Syria: “Stones Smuggling”

Daham Al Asaad - Istanbul Two kilometers of the Turkish-Syrian border, Yusuf entered into an old house located at Reyhanlı suburbs – south of Turkey, opened carefully a brown big canvas bag and take out slowly a heavy stone inside it to…
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