|
LEBANON: Meagre job prospects for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
24 December 2012
(IRIN
),
For the roughly 120,000 registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon winter means not just freezing temperatures but also fewer jobs, especially in rural areas.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97113/LEBANON-Meagre-job-prospects-for-Syrian-refugees-in-Lebanon
|
|
FILM: Where the war still echoes - Syrian refugees in Jordan
21 December 2012
(IRIN
),
By the end of 2012, as it neared the end of its second year, the conflict between Syrian rebels and the government had killed tens of thousands of people, sent more than half a million fleeing to neighbouring countries, and left millions more internally displaced, unemployed or otherwise struggling to survive.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97100/FILM-Where-the-war-still-echoes-Syrian-refugees-in-Jordan
|
|
SYRIA: IDPs brace for winter in rebel-controlled camps
19 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Ragad, 10, uses crutches to gingerly make her way up a muddy hillside. On her right foot, she wears a bright blue rubber shoe. The other foot is missing, amputated below the knee.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97086/SYRIA-IDPs-brace-for-winter-in-rebel-controlled-camps
|
|
JORDAN: Syrian child refugees who work - culture or coping mechanism?
17 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Selling packets of crisps under the sun between wind-blown tents at Za’atari refugee camp in northern Jordan, Samir* recalls the days he was able to attend school back in Syria.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97062/JORDAN-Syrian-child-refugees-who-work-culture-or-coping-mechanism
|
|
Analysis: The beginnings of transitional justice in Syria
14 December 2012
(IRIN
),
When Mohamed* first got involved in human rights work in Syria, his idea of documenting crimes was to visit a crime scene with a cell phone and post a shaky video on YouTube.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97045/Analysis-The-beginnings-of-transitional-justice-in-Syria
|
|
SYRIA: Bread shortages rising
13 December 2012
(IRIN
),
When Bashar Akkad recently visited Syria’s northern, government-controlled town of al-Raqqah, hotel staff did not serve him breakfast.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97036/SYRIA-Bread-shortages-rising
|
|
SYRIA: Healthcare system crumbling
11 December 2012
(IRIN
),
The nearly two-year conflict in Syria has taken tens of thousands of lives, destroyed entire neighbourhoods and sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing. But more quietly, it has also eaten away at the country’s healthcare system.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97011/SYRIA-Healthcare-system-crumbling
|
|
SYRIA: Ten days in Damascus
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
IRIN reporter Heba Aly recently travelled to the Syrian capital, Damascus, to report on the humanitarian impact of nearly two years of conflict in the country. She filed this personal account of her time there.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96977/SYRIA-Ten-days-in-Damascus
|
|
CLIMATE CHANGE: In the Arab world, building fridges to live in an oven
5 December 2012
(IRIN
),
In the last three decades, 50 million people in the Arab world have been affected by natural disasters, many of them extreme climate events, according to a new report by the World Bank. The report projects the horrific scenario of temperatures regularly rising to over 50 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century, which experts fear could lead to countless more disasters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96974/CLIMATE-CHANGE-In-the-Arab-world-building-fridges-to-live-in-an-oven
|
|
SYRIA: UN shrinks staff and movement amid insecurity
3 December 2012
(IRIN
),
UN agencies in Syria are relocating and restricting movement of staff due to rising insecurity that is getting closer to the capital.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96952/SYRIA-UN-shrinks-staff-and-movement-amid-insecurity
|