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Map: Syria - a regional crisis

This infographic from our recent report on the crisis in Syria shows the vast numbers of Syrians who are displaced within the country or who were forced to flee to neighboring countries to escape the ongoing violence. View larger.>>

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Protecting Syrian women -- your voice was heard

Syrian refugees outside their tent, Domiz camp, northern Iraq.
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

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More aid needed as Syria disaster grows steadily worse

Jihan Bakar, 43, with her children, from left: Zakaria, (8), Adar (3) and Zekra (7). Her husband was killed by a bomb in Syria. The family now lives in a refugee camp in northern Iraq.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

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IRC calls on donor countries to dramatically scale up aid for millions of Syrians

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As the Syria region spirals further into crisis, donor countries meeting Wednesday at a pledging conference in Kuwait must urgently ramp up humanitarian aid for millions of desperate Syrians, says the International Rescue Committee. 

New blog posts from Sarah Wayne Callies

Sarah Wayne Callies with a Burmese family who resettled near Seattle, Washington, with the IRC's help

Photo: Stephanie Cristalli/IRC

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Syria crisis in photos

Women in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan line up to receive blankets. While the international community allocates the bulk of the limited resources so far pledged to the Syrian refugee crisis to refugee camps, they remain overcrowded and unprepared for the hardships of winter. 

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

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Disaster for uprooted Syrians

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January 17, 2013

More than two years after the start of what has become a full fledged civil war, the crisis in Syria threatens the entire Middle East with a humanitarian disaster. It is estimated that more than four million Syrians are now in dire need of assistance and that some two million people have been uprooted and displaced. Photographs and text by Peter Biro

Seeking safety from rape, Syrian girls reportedly are marrying earlier than before war

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Seeking safety from rape, Syrian girls reportedly are marrying earlier than before war
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January 15, 2013
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Miami Herald
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McClatchy Newspapers ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan -- Standing outside the refugee tent that has become her home, Qut al Qukub al Subayhi looked like a happy bride, posing with her new husband.

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On CNN: uprooted by Syria's war

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