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Syrian refugee aid: Filling the gaps in Jordan


July 18, 2012
By Ned Colt

Ogla with members of his extended family. The Syrian refugees fled violence in their hometown of Dera’a — just 10 miles from their temporary home near the city of Ramtha in northern Jordan.

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Helping Syrian refugees with new health care clinics


July 12, 2012
By Ned Colt

A 13-day-old Syrian infant receives a check-up at an IRC clinic in Mafraq, Jordan.

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Responding to the Syrian crisis: Aid workers provide emergency relief for Syrian refugees


July 5, 2012
By Sue Dwyer

A nurse examines a young patient at one of two IRC clinics serving Syrian refugees in northern Jordan.

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Latest News from Syria: Record number of Syrian refugees cross into Jordan


July 3, 2012
By Ned Colt

A Syrian refugee family, who like tens of thousands of others, fled in the darkness by foot to the safety of Jordan

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Syrians flee to safety in Jordan


June 29, 2012
By Ned Colt

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

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HOW DOCTORS OPERATE IN WARTIME

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HOW DOCTORS OPERATE IN WARTIME
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Emmanuel d'Harcourt
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June 28, 2012
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Discovery News
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The uprising in Syria has become so violent that it recently forced the United Nations to suspend an observer mission. During some of the worst fighting, French surgeon Jacques Bérès snuck across the border into the country and performed dozens of surgeries on the wounded.

Quoted: How doctors operate in wartime


June 27, 2012
By The IRC

An International Rescue Committee nurse examines a Syrian refugee boy at a medical clinic in Jordan.

Photo: Haifa Hussain/IRC
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Syrians Flee to Safety in Jordan

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Syrians Flee to Safety in Jordan
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Ned Colt
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June 27, 2012
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The Huffington Post - Blog
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Mafraq, Jordan -- They cross the open desert in a single file, sometimes well over a hundred Syrians in a single group. The darker the night, the safer they are from Assad's border guards.

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Quoted: Syria "slipping away toward civil war"


June 22, 2012
By The IRC

An injured man is carried after an explosion in Syria's capital city, Damascus.

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Making a difference to Syrian refugees in Jordan


June 20, 2012
By Ned Colt

IRC doctor Mohammed Al-Natour with a patient at one of the IRC's clinics serving Syrian refugees in Jordan

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