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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Syrian refugees

Illustrative: A migrant boat in Mediterranean waters east of Cape Greco in southeastern Cyprus in August 2023 (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JCC) / AFP)
September 23, 2023, 5:33 pm
Lebanon rescues Syrians in sinking migrant boat
Authorities say they rescued 27 people aboard a vessel that was going down off the country’s coast
By AFP
The Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees near the Jordanian city of Mafraq, about 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman, on October 17, 2022. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
July 19, 2023, 1:19 pm
UN World Food Programme cuts aid to Syrians in Jordan, citing funding shortfall
Monthly cash allowances for all 119,000 refugees in Zaatari and Azraq camps to be reduced from $32 to $21
By AFP
File: Syrian children run through the snow in the Syrian refugee camp of al-Hilal in the village of al-Taybeh near Baalbek in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on January 20, 2022. (AFP)
April 28, 2023, 10:16 am
‘I’d rather die’: Syrians in Lebanon fear prison, torture if deported home
With civil war winding down, Lebanon begins crackdown on undocumented refugees as domestic pressure mounts to send back those who poured across border a decade ago
By Aya Iskandarani and Rouba El Husseini
65-year-old Atari Kales mourns for her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren near the collapsed building where they were trapped in Antakya, Turkey, February 11, 2023. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
February 12, 2023, 5:03 pm
As death toll tops 33,000, sorrow turns to tension over Turkey’s earthquake response
In some areas, locals claim it took days for help to arrive, accuse government of political, ethnic discrimination; others angry at burden of Syrian war refugees
By Justin Spike
IsraAid CEO Yotam Polizer aids a Syrian refugee in Lesbos, Greece, in 2015 (courtesy of IsraAid)
January 25, 2023, 7:42 pm
Activist who took Israeli disaster aid global wins humanitarian prize
Yotam Polizer heads IsraAid, NGO with 320 staff that provides help at disasters worldwide, will receive prestigious Charles Bronfman Prize
By Nathan Jeffay
File: People look at a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
December 10, 2022, 7:19 pm
What’s at stake as Turkey threatens to escalate conflict with Syrian fighters?
After deadly blast in Istanbul last month, attributed by Turkey to illegal Kurdish groups, specter of incursion raised as Ankara responds with airstrikes against militants in Syria
By Suzan Fraser and Bassam Mroue
Syrian children play soccer near their tented homes at a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/ Bilal Hussein, File)
August 15, 2022, 8:01 pm
Syrian minister claims his country is ready to repatriate its refugees from Lebanon
But UN High Commissioner for Refugees and rights groups oppose involuntary repatriation, say the practice risks endangering the refugees
By AP
Syrian refugee families walk back into a refugee camp after running errands in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
July 21, 2022, 11:36 am
For Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the future is uncertain amid threat of deportation
Many fear for safety if forced to return to war-torn homeland; Lebanon, undergoing one of worst economic meltdowns in modern history, plans to deport 15,000 refugees per month
By Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian "Arada" folklore dancers of the "Bab al-Hara" troupe arrive at a venue to perform for a celebration for the graduation of two of the sons of one of their members, Fahed Shehadeh, from universities, in Jordan's capital Amman on June 24, 2022. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
July 11, 2022, 12:36 am
Syrian refugees in Jordan bolster income, preserve culture through dance
‘This dance is a very important part of our Syrian identity, heritage, culture and our daily life; we must preserve and teach it to our children and grandchildren,’ says one dancer
By Kamal Taha
FILE - A displaced Syrian man and his son ride a motorcycle, as they drive between the tents at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, March 5, 2021. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)
July 6, 2022, 7:34 pm
Lebanon gears up to send back Syrian refugees despite pushback from rights groups
Minister presents ‘humane, honorable, patriotic’ repatriation plan to President Michel Aoun; UN agency tells Lebanon to respect exiles’ right to return of their own volition
By Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian refugees pass through the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Aug. 31, 2013 a the height of the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
May 9, 2022, 4:22 pm
Erdogan vows not to expel Syrian refugees as opposition head urges sending them back
Turkish president’s comments come as anger over migrants grows among locals, sparking fears in his office that issue might dominate next year’s elections
By AFP
Refugees from many different countries - from Africa, Middle East and India - mostly students of Ukrainian universities are seen at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland on February 27, 2022 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
February 28, 2022, 12:13 pm
Ukraine refugee crisis highlights mistreatment of those fleeing Middle East, Africa
Warm welcome at borders contrasts with hostility, harsh language faced by others looking for safe haven
By Renata Brito
Illustrative: Syrian refugee Ayesha al-Abed, 21, right, prepares food as her Husband Raed Mattar, 24, left, plays with their daughter Rayan, 18 months old, before they break their fast on the first day of fasting month of Ramadan, at an informal refugee camp, in the town of Bhannine in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
January 2, 2022, 2:16 pm
4 Syrian refugees die after burning coal for heat in southern Lebanon
Mother and three young children declared dead of asphyxiation in the southern village of Kharayab
By Sarah El Deeb
Syrian Kurd Bushra, who only gave her first name, poses for a photograph in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 22, 2021 (Bushra via AP)
December 21, 2021, 10:18 am
New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
Though horrors of war have abated, many have lost hope in a future at home amid poverty and corruption, while some still fear for their personal safety
By Sarah El Deeb and CHRISTOPH NOELTING
This poster featuring US billionaire George Soros in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, reads, 'We can't let Soros get the last laugh.' It was part of a government campaign, July 6, 2017. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
November 16, 2021, 2:29 pm
Top EU court tells Hungary its ‘Stop Soros’ anti-migrant law is illegal
European Court of Justice says Orban’s government broke EU law by criminalizing helping refugees to apply for asylum
By AP and ToI Staff
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