euronews | UN Says 5000 Syrians a Day Are Now Fleeing War New York Times GENEVA — Syria's conflict is now driving 5,000 people out of the country each day in an increasingly desperate scramble for safety, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday as it reported a surge in their numbers to nearly 800,000. 'Full-on crisis': 5000 refugees flee Syria daily, UN says UN Refugee Agency Says 5000 Fleeing Syria Daily Call for more aid to Syria: Column |
New York Times | A Faceless Teenage Refugee Who Helped Ignite Syria's War New York Times In Egypt's chaos, activists talk of a second revolution, and in Tunisia a political assassination this week has imperiled one of the region's more hopeful transitions. Then there is Syria, where tens of thousands of people have been killed, hundreds of ... Syria's refugees URGENT DISASTER APPEAL SYRIA |
Daily Beast | Syria exodus grows as fighting rages in Damascus Los Angeles Times Almost 800,000 Syrians have registered as refugees or are in line to be registered in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. Several hundred thousand more have fled Syria but have not sought refugee status, experts say, meaning more than 1 million Syrians ... OMG, Don't Use Chemical Weapons? Syria Military Factory Explosion Kills Dozens, Group Says UN Chief Criticized Syria's President |
Hurriyet Daily News | UN sees glimmer of hope in Syria opposition offer of talks Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations sees a glimmer of hope for Syria in the opposition leader's offer to meet government representatives to discuss a political transition in an effort to end nearly two years of fighting, a senior U.N ... Syria says talks with opposition cannot have 'preconditions' UN under-secretary comments on post-conflict Syria Syria: Acts of kindness mingle with violence and death in Aleppo |
New York Times | Kerry Says US Weighing Syria Options; Mum on Arms ABC News Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the United States is evaluating new options to halt Syria's civil war, but he refused to weigh into administration debates over whether to arm the rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. In his ... Senate Hearing Draws Out a Rift in US Policy on Syria Syria, Not Benghazi, Is Obama's Big Security Failure Kerry says US weighing Syria options |
India Today | Syria military factory blast kills 54: NGO DAWN.com A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Sheikh Saeed district, near a cement factory in Aleppo, February 7, 2013. — Reuters Photo. BEIRUT: A bombing at a bus stop near ... Activists claim Syria bombing killed 54 people Fifty killed in Syria bombing - monitor group Blast Kills 54 Military Factory Workers in Syria - Report |
Fifty killed in Syria bombing: monitor group Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 50 workers at a military factory in central Syria were killed in a bombing earlier this week, an opposition watchdog which monitors violence in Syria said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 54 people ... |
BBC News | Syria crisis leaves medicines in short supply BBC News Bomb attacks and air strikes are the visible and immediate images associated with the conflict in Syria. But more subtle consequences, like the decimation of the pharmaceutical industry, are now being keenly felt. More than 70% of pharmaceutical ... |
UN News Centre | Disruption of sanitation services in Syria putting children's health at risk ... UN News Centre 8 February 2013 – The severe disruption of water and sanitation services and a lack of access to basic hygiene in Syria have increased the risk of water-borne diseases among children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today warned, following ... Water supplies in war-hit Syria cut by a third: UN |
Telegraph.co.uk | Syria: how jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra is taking over Syria's revolution Telegraph.co.uk Its luxuriant history is lost beneath uncollected litter on its pavements and streets. Feral children play beside buildings shattered by shelling and air strikes. There is no electricity, no heating; gunmen prowl the streets as night falls. Some are ... |