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By Muhammed Ali Akman BEIRUT (AA):The number of Syrian refugees who froze to death due to a snowstorm in eastern Lebanon rose to 17 in three days, according to the Lebanese Civil Defense source. Two more bodies were found late Sunday, the source said. Lebanese soldiers found the bodies, identified as a 30-year-old woman […]

24th Apr 2016

Turkey: Davutoglu, Merkel, Tusk visit refugees in SE Turkey

GAZIANTEP, (AA): Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Syrian refugees on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep’s Nizip district. European Council President Donald Tusk and First Vice-President of EU Commission Frans Timmermans were also present. Merkel said on Wednesday that her visit to Turkey was aimed at gaining new […]

10th Feb 2016

Syria: Number of besieged Syrians larger than UN estimates

WASHINGTON (AA) — More than 1 million Syrians live in besieged areas, much more than previous UN estimates, a new report revealed Tuesday. The Siege Watch report, released jointly by the Netherlands-based nonprofit PAX and the Washington-based Syria Institute, has been actively monitoring developments in Syria since late 2015, according to the organization’s website. The […]

9th Jan 2016

Turkey: 8 killed, 48 injured in Balikesir bus accident

[Photo: Syrian refugees in Sarayici, Turkey. 20 September 2015. Photographer: Berk Ozkan/AA] Handan Kazancı BALIKESIR, (AA): At least eight people died and 48 others were injured when a passenger bus carrying mostly Syrian refugees overturned in Turkey’s western province of Balikesir on early Saturday, officials said. According to initial reports, the bus driver – Turkish […]

15th Oct 2015

Turkey: Two die as refugee boat sinks off Aegean coast

IZMIR (AA): Two people have died after a boat carrying refugees — most of them Syrian — sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern Izmir coast on Wednesday. According to a statement from the provincial governorship the incident took place off the Menderes district as the boat was headed towards the Greek islands. Turkish coast guards rescued […]

8th Sep 2015

UK to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020

LONDON (AA): The U.K. will take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday. Addressing parliament as lawmakers returned after the summer recess, Cameron said children would be prioritized from camps in countries neighboring Syria. “The whole country has been deeply moved by the heartbreaking images we have […]

4th Sep 2015

Turkey: Western world to be blamed for refugee deaths

ANKARA (AA): Turkey’s president on Thursday pointed the finger at Western governments for a worsening refugee crisis and the deaths and drownings of migrants seeking shelter from war-torn countries. “To be honest, the whole Western world is to be blamed, in my opinion,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during an interview with CNN International. He sounded […]

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