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Syria Crisis

After surviving horror in Syria, living with uncertainty in Lebanon

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New refugee camp in Jordan striving to support Syrian influx

A father carries his daughter through the Za'atri refugee camp in northern Jordan. The new camp currently houses close to 6,000 Syrian refugees, but is capable of expanding to accomodate more than 100,000. Refugees have been complaining about conditions at the camp.

Photo: Ned Colt/IRC

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Syrian crisis hits close to home for local refugee family

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Syrian crisis hits close to home for local refugee family
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August 10, 2012
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TUCSON - The Syrian crisis hits close to home for families right here in Tucson. Some fear for their loved ones safety, others are working to bring relatives to the U.

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Underreported: The Syrian refugee crisis [Audio]

This refugee family is visiting one of the IRC’s primary care clinics in Jordan that provide free treatment and prescriptions to both Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.

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Photo: Syrian refugee baby gets a checkup at an IRC clinic

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Targeted by violence, Syrian refugee women don’t know where to turn for help

Syrian women await a distribution of aid in the northern Jordanian city of Ramtha. Women and girls fleeing Syria say they have been directly targeted in the ongoing conflict.

Photo: Ned Colt/IRC

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Syrian refugees face financial uncertainty [Audio]

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New crisis alerts from Syria and Congo

The vast majority of Syrians who've fled to Jordan and Lebanon have become "Urban Refugees." 

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Syrian refugees face immense challenges as numbers surge [Press Release]

Urgent aid required to meet needs of tens of thousands in Jordan
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As violence sharply escalates in the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Damascus, Syrian refugees are pouring into neighboring countries, overwhelming limited resources already stretched to the maximum. 

Responding to the Syrian crisis: A new camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Most Syrian refugee families like this one have found homes in apartments in Jordan, but with the recent surge in refugee arrivals, the Jordanian government opened its first tent camp on Sunday.

Photo: Ned Colt/IRC

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