The Syrian Sports Academy, which is a community based initiative that was recently founded in Alexandria and supported by UNHCR through its partner Caritas, hosted the first Arab Tournament for Football. The kick-off was on 9 August where 120 athletes formed 12 teams from Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and South Sudan participated in the tournament which was held with high sportsmanship. The league was held under the theme “Youth United Abroad”.

In September, IFRC/JRC trained 30 new Community Health Volunteers (in Amman, Irbid and Mafraq) on violence prevention, first aid and NCDs.

16 September: UNHCR and UNDP chiefs visit the Bekaa Valley to show their support for Syrian refugees and to pledge their backing for Lebanon.

23 September: Number of Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey nears 140,000 over past week; humanitarian needs mount.

September: 1,113 children under five screened at Raba Sarhan; 7 cases of severe acute malnutrition & 24 cases of moderate acute malnutrition found & referred.

The Jordanian cabinet has approved the exemption from fines on registration of marriages until December 31, 2014 for both Syrians refugees and Jordanians.

WFP loaded e-card entitlements for 402,765 beneficiaries in communities in November.

The 48th issue of Field Exchange is now out. The Jordan chapter can be downloaded from the Jordan page, and the full issue, from the Regional page.

The humanitarian situation in Iraq remains precarious for the estimated 2 million internally displaced Iraqis and more than 225,000 Syrian refugees.

The number of new arrivals from Syria to Jordan has significantly decreased since 25 September.