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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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Not Mandatory To Issue Humanitarian Visas, Says EU Court
European Union member states do not have to issue entry visas to people at risk of torture or inhuman treatment, the EU's top court ruled on Tuesday, cutting off a possible channel for refugees into the bloc.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Calls On Refugees To Return Home
Syria's foreign minister on Monday called on the country's refugees to return home, official media reported, without directly commenting on a US ban targeting them.
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Saudi Arabia Launches Campaign To Collect Funds For Syrians Displaced By War
Saudi Arabia has launched a fundraising campaign for Syrians displaced by a five-year civil war, including those evacuated from eastern Aleppo, state news agency SPA reported on Monday.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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Japan Hit Over Pregnancy Clause In Syria Refugee Programme
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.
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Russian Envoy To Turkey Killed, Attacker Shouted 'Don't Forget Aleppo'
The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday by a gunman shouting "Don't forget Aleppo".
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'We Will Give Him A Family': 6-Year-Old Boy Writes Obama About Refugee 'Brother'
For many of us, the images of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, injured, ashen and bewildered after an airstrike in Aleppo last month, crystallized the horror of Syria's civil war. It made us wonder, again, how that horror might be stopped.
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Shelling Kills 10 Children In Aleppo As Syria Violence Rises
Ten children have been killed by rebel shelling on Syria's largest city this weekend, as the UN warned of "desperate" conditions inside a war-ravaged Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. The violence underscores the fragility of the cease-fire in Syria, which has unraveled in the north despite ongoing peace negotiations.
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UN Fears For Hundreds Of Thousands If Syrian Troops Encircle Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a new exodus of refugees fleeing a Russian-backed assault.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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On Turkish Side Of Border, Syrian Refugees Wait And Worry
Tens of thousands of Syrians sought refuge in Turkey today , while those who have already made the crossing waited and worried about the fate of their families on the other side of the border.
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70,000 Refugees Heading To Turkey Due To Increased Bombing In Syria: Turkish PM
Tens of thousands of Syrians are moving towards the Turkish border from the Syrian city of Aleppo due to increased aerial bombardment, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday at a fundraising conference in London.
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On Rainy Scottish Isle, Syrians Struggle to Adapt
From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.
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Working Children Given a Path Off Lebanon's Streets
For two years, Syrian teenager Ibrahim scraped together a paltry living selling lottery tickets and tissues on the crowded streets of Beirut, but that seems like a lifetime ago now.
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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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Not Mandatory To Issue Humanitarian Visas, Says EU Court
European Union member states do not have to issue entry visas to people at risk of torture or inhuman treatment, the EU's top court ruled on Tuesday, cutting off a possible channel for refugees into the bloc.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Calls On Refugees To Return Home
Syria's foreign minister on Monday called on the country's refugees to return home, official media reported, without directly commenting on a US ban targeting them.
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Saudi Arabia Launches Campaign To Collect Funds For Syrians Displaced By War
Saudi Arabia has launched a fundraising campaign for Syrians displaced by a five-year civil war, including those evacuated from eastern Aleppo, state news agency SPA reported on Monday.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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Japan Hit Over Pregnancy Clause In Syria Refugee Programme
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.
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Russian Envoy To Turkey Killed, Attacker Shouted 'Don't Forget Aleppo'
The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday by a gunman shouting "Don't forget Aleppo".
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'We Will Give Him A Family': 6-Year-Old Boy Writes Obama About Refugee 'Brother'
For many of us, the images of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, injured, ashen and bewildered after an airstrike in Aleppo last month, crystallized the horror of Syria's civil war. It made us wonder, again, how that horror might be stopped.
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Shelling Kills 10 Children In Aleppo As Syria Violence Rises
Ten children have been killed by rebel shelling on Syria's largest city this weekend, as the UN warned of "desperate" conditions inside a war-ravaged Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. The violence underscores the fragility of the cease-fire in Syria, which has unraveled in the north despite ongoing peace negotiations.
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UN Fears For Hundreds Of Thousands If Syrian Troops Encircle Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a new exodus of refugees fleeing a Russian-backed assault.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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On Turkish Side Of Border, Syrian Refugees Wait And Worry
Tens of thousands of Syrians sought refuge in Turkey today , while those who have already made the crossing waited and worried about the fate of their families on the other side of the border.
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70,000 Refugees Heading To Turkey Due To Increased Bombing In Syria: Turkish PM
Tens of thousands of Syrians are moving towards the Turkish border from the Syrian city of Aleppo due to increased aerial bombardment, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday at a fundraising conference in London.
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On Rainy Scottish Isle, Syrians Struggle to Adapt
From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.
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Working Children Given a Path Off Lebanon's Streets
For two years, Syrian teenager Ibrahim scraped together a paltry living selling lottery tickets and tissues on the crowded streets of Beirut, but that seems like a lifetime ago now.
