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An unwelcome anniversary for Syrians


March 15, 2013
By Ned Colt

Syrian refugees line up for water at Iraq's Domiz camp.

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Aid groups decry low funding for Syrians in need

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Aid groups decry low funding for Syrians in need
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March 13, 2013
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Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. aid organizations are decrying what they call ‘‘bafflingly’’ low support for Syrians trapped by war or stranded as refugees across the border.

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Take action: Syrian refugees need your voice


March 11, 2013
By The IRC
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1 million and counting


March 6, 2013
By Ned Colt

A young Syrian refugee at an International Rescue Committee women's center in Arsal, a town of 40,000 people in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. As much as 80 percent of those fleeing Syria have settled in urban areas rather than refugee camps.

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U.S. vow of non-lethal aid for Syrian rebels fails to satisfy Assad opposition

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U.S. vow of non-lethal aid for Syrian rebels fails to satisfy Assad opposition
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February 28, 2013
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McClatchy
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WASHINGTON — For the first time in the two-year push to topple President Bashar Assad, the United States said Thursday that it will send food and medicine directly to armed Syrian rebels.

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Photo Share: Nurse at work, Jordan


February 27, 2013
By The IRC
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Sarah Wayne Callies: Waging peace


February 27, 2013
By Sarah Wayne Callies

Sarah Wayne Callies sits in on a refugee women's job training class at the International Rescue Committee's offices in Atlanta. 

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A talk with Sarah Wayne Callies

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A talk with Sarah Wayne Callies
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February 27, 2013
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Callies recently travelled to Iraq and Jordan to converse with Syrian refugees for the IRC and get a sense what is happening to them.

Sarah Wayne Callies: It can be done


February 19, 2013
By Sarah Wayne Callies

The mud is an almost constant unpleasant companion for refugees at Domiz camp, northern Iraq, in the winter. 

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Sarah Wayne Callies: Frying pans and fires


February 15, 2013
By Sarah Wayne Callies
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