Al-Mafraq, Aug. 6 (Petra) - Jordan's Ministry of Education, with support from UNICEF, launched a new back-to-school campaign late on Tuesday, targeting all Syrian children registered in the Kingdom, between the ages of 6 and 18. Robert Jenkins, UNICEF representative in Jordan, thanked the Ministr...

GENEVA, March 13 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday the appointment of a veteran of emergency operations to coordinate its approach to the refugee crisis in Syria and neighbouring countries, which have received some 30,000 Syrian civilians. As Regional Refugee Coordinator, Panos...

Much has changed in the wider region since the last World Refugee Day commemoration, but unfortunately not for the better in Syria. What we still hoped could be a political solution to the humanitarian crisis, permitting the return of Syrian refugees, has not eventuated. No one is rejoicing th...

BAHRAIN will build a medical centre and residential complex for Syrian refugees in Jordan. The $3.5million project will be constructed in Al Azraq refugee camp - Jordan's second largest camp - and is expected to be completed within the next four months. It will feature 500 housing units that...

DUBAI // With more than 2.6 million children and adolescents displaced in the Middle East and North Africa, the UAE is looking to help the United Nations draft a protection plan to assist them. At the Investing in the Future conference to be held on October 15 and 16 in Sharjah, experts from chil...

Battling dust storms and the burning desert sun to meet the most basic need of the displaced - water

Education of water rationing for Syrian refugees in Jordan

The number of Syrians registered as refugees in neighboring countries grew to 554,000 at the end of January from 92,000 in July 2012. In Jordan, according to the government, there are more than 300,000 Syrian refugees, 73,000 of them on the Zaatari camp. In January alone, the United Nations has regi...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday praised donor countries for pledging more than US$1.5 billion to help Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries and those displaced within the embattled country.

AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Monday met with UNICEF’s deputy executive director, Geeta Rao Gupta, to discuss the UN agency’s efforts to support women and children in Jordan. Talks also covered the ongoing efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza residents suffering as a result of the co...