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  • CNN webpage devoted to Syrian Refugees

    news UNHCR/CNN, 07 Jan 2013 (11 years ago )
    CNN's new webpage, created in collaboration with UNHCR and partners, focusing on coverage of Syrian refugees. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/middleeast/syrian-refugees/index.html?hpt=imi_t2
  • To avoid tensions with refugees, Lebanese hosts need support

    news IRIN News, 29 Jan 2013 (11 years ago )
    Donors channelling funds towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon must also assist their poor Lebanese hosts to diffuse rising tensions, aid workers and a government official said ahead of an international pledging conference for humanitarian aid to Syria and its neighbours. “We have seen a growing sen...
  • Donors meet target of $1.5 billion aid for stricken Syrians: U.N.

    news Reuters, 30 Jan 2013 (11 years ago )
    Donor countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion for Syrians displaced by nearly two years of fighting, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, after a donor conference in Kuwait. Ban Ki-moon told the final session of the one-day conference that the meeting has "reached its target" of...
  • Lebanon Asks for $370 Million Aid for Syrian Refugees at Donor Conference

    news Naharnet, 30 Jan 2013 (11 years ago )
    President Michel Suleiman urged donors on Wednesday to provide Lebanon with $370 million assistance for refugees from Syria and called for countries to take in some of the displaced after ringing the alarm bell. The government has approved a $370 million comprehensive plan for the refugees - $180 f...
  • UNHCR renews call for urgent funding to help Syrian refugees

    news UNHCR, 15/03/2013, 15 Mar 2013 (11 years ago )
    Beirut,15 March 2013-During his last visit to Lebanon, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres reiterated his call for governments to create special funds to support Syrian refugees and the countries that host them.Speaking to journalists in Beirut on the second anniversary of the start o...
  • Lebanon: Keep on Playing

    news UNHCR, 23 Apr 2013 (11 years ago )
    A Syrian refugee, once a national player, revives his dream of playing and coaching football.
  • Lebanon working with World Bank to set up refugee fund

    news Daily Star, 16 Jul 2013 (10 years ago )
    Lebanon is working with the World Bank on a fund to manage aid coming from donor countries to assist the government and U.N. agencies with the growing number of Syrian refugees, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Monday.
  • Syrian Refugees: Living in limbo

    news The Economist - Photo from Reuters, 17 Jul 2013 (10 years ago )
    At a school in Akkar in northern Lebanon, a sign at the entrance once read “Centre for refugees”. But the word “refugee” has been scribbled out, and replaced by “visitors”. The number of Syrians in Lebanon has soared from 5,000 less than two years ago to more than half a million today. In total, ...
  • UNHCR: 779,000 Syrians Taking Refuge in Lebanon

    news Naharnet, 06 Oct 2013 (10 years ago )
    The United Nations’ refugee agency announced on Saturday that the number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country and came to Lebanon has reached 779,000.
  • The plight of Syrian refugees who flee to Lebanon

    news Euronews, 04 Oct 2013 (10 years ago )
    Every day hundreds of refugees arrive at the gates of the High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations in Beirut. Watch the below Euronews special report entitled ”The plight of Syrian refugees who flee to Lebanon”.