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...

AMMAN — The number of registered Syrian refugees in Jordan has topped 10,000 as UN officials prepare to step up their response to the growing number of vulnerable Syrians pouring into the Kingdom. According to Andrew Harper, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) representative in Jordan, the number of Syrian...

By Simon Ingram MA’AN, Jordan, 22 March 2012 – Peering intently at the scrap of pink material in her hands, 12-year-old Omaima* is a picture of concentration. Around her, about 20 other girls are busily wielding needles and thread and following the instructions of their teacher. This weekly sewi...

By Najwa Mekki RAMTHA, Jordan, 23 December 2011 – As I pull out my camera, Salwa looks at me and blurts out, “No, no pictures, please. Otherwise the police will slaughter us.” She is 5 years old. Salwa is one of thousands of Syrians who have come to Jordan over the past few months, fleeing unres...

24 April 2012 – The United Nations food agency today announced it is stepping up its assistance to reach, by the end of the month, a quarter of a million Syrians who have been affected by unrest in the Middle Eastern country, adding that it plans to double this amount in the coming weeks. “As the c...

AMMAN — The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Jordan on Tuesday reported that over 6,000 Syrians registered with the agency over the last month, doubling the total number of Syrians registered as refugees. In a statement issued yesterday, the agency said the total number of registered refugees has exc...

By Wendy Bruere RAMTHA, Jordan, 19 June 2012 – Reem* and her six children fled their home in southern Syria in February after her husband Abood* was abducted by armed men. The children were between ages 5 and 18. “The children were scared and insecure when we first came to Jordan,” Reem said. ...