http://www.irinnews.org/irin-fp.aspxUpdated everydayen-gbMon, 23 Apr 2012 14:30:39 GMTMon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - The UN has presented a multi-million dollar plan to respond to humanitarian needs in Syria, but still lacks government approval to implement it.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95332DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - The UN has presented a multi-million dollar plan to respond to humanitarian needs in Syria, but still lacks government approval to implement it.]]>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - It was 21 February 2006. The date is etched in Samia’s* mind. She was in her kitchen making tea for her brother’s family, who was visiting her at her home in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, when gunfire broke out in the sitting room.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95336DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - It was 21 February 2006. The date is etched in Samia’s* mind. She was in her kitchen making tea for her brother’s family, who was visiting her at her home in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, when gunfire broke out in the sitting room.]]>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - Syria is home to the largest Iraqi refugee population in the world - an estimated one million people, of whom 102,000 are registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95338DUBAI 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - Syria is home to the largest Iraqi refugee population in the world - an estimated one million people, of whom 102,000 are registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).]]>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 11 April 2012 (IRIN) - Community-based organizations have arguably played the largest role in helping thousands of Syrian refugees pouring into neighbouring Jordan. Until recently, the response had been fairly ad-hoc, or as one aid worker put it, “a mess”, with various players on the ground and many Syrians simultaneously registering and getting assistance from various organizations.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95273AMMAN 11 April 2012 (IRIN) - Community-based organizations have arguably played the largest role in helping thousands of Syrian refugees pouring into neighbouring Jordan. Until recently, the response had been fairly ad-hoc, or as one aid worker put it, “a mess”, with various players on the ground and many Syrians simultaneously registering and getting assistance from various organizations.]]>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 02 April 2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95226DUBAI 02 April 2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai.]]>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 30 March 2012 (IRIN) - In a trendy coffee shop in the Jordanian capital, Amman, 20- and 30-somethings smoking sheesha pipes are playing the role of international aid agencies from their laptops.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95209AMMAN 30 March 2012 (IRIN) - In a trendy coffee shop in the Jordanian capital, Amman, 20- and 30-somethings smoking sheesha pipes are playing the role of international aid agencies from their laptops.]]>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 29 March 2012 (IRIN) - As it tries to improve its image and convince donors of its impartiality, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) is calling for more support in order to respond to growing humanitarian needs in Syria.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95204DUBAI 29 March 2012 (IRIN) - As it tries to improve its image and convince donors of its impartiality, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) is calling for more support in order to respond to growing humanitarian needs in Syria.]]>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>REMTHA/MAFRAQ 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - As Ramisyah Ali El-Zaabi fled across the Syrian border - scaling a dirt wall, crawling under a fence and dropping to the ground amid gunfire - her eight-month-old daughter slept. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95171REMTHA/MAFRAQ 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - As Ramisyah Ali El-Zaabi fled across the Syrian border - scaling a dirt wall, crawling under a fence and dropping to the ground amid gunfire - her eight-month-old daughter slept. ]]>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - Khalil Al Asfar, from Dera’a in southern Syria, was barely 20 when he left the country in 1990 to try his chances in the USA, where he became the successful manager of a plumbing company in New York.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95135AMMAN 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - Khalil Al Asfar, from Dera’a in southern Syria, was barely 20 when he left the country in 1990 to try his chances in the USA, where he became the successful manager of a plumbing company in New York.]]>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>REMTHA 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - At the edge of this busy border town, a set of old, overcrowded buildings has become a transit house for Syrians fleeing to Jordan illegally.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95149REMTHA 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - At the edge of this busy border town, a set of old, overcrowded buildings has become a transit house for Syrians fleeing to Jordan illegally.]]>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MAFRAQ 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - A few hundred metres from the dusty, sleepy crossing that divides Jordan and Syria, Mohammad* waits on the roadside clutching a plastic bag and his blazer.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95120MAFRAQ 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - A few hundred metres from the dusty, sleepy crossing that divides Jordan and Syria, Mohammad* waits on the roadside clutching a plastic bag and his blazer.]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - The crisis in Syria has left many at a loss as to how best to respond. Several countries have floated the idea of a humanitarian corridor. On 16 March, Turkey’s prime minister said he was considering intervening as far as 10km into Syria to create a “humanitarian buffer zone” to help refugees get out. Anne-Marie Slaughter, until recently the director of policy planning at the US State Department, has also called for a “no-kill zone” inside Syria.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95101AMMAN 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - The crisis in Syria has left many at a loss as to how best to respond. Several countries have floated the idea of a humanitarian corridor. On 16 March, Turkey’s prime minister said he was considering intervening as far as 10km into Syria to create a “humanitarian buffer zone” to help refugees get out. Anne-Marie Slaughter, until recently the director of policy planning at the US State Department, has also called for a “no-kill zone” inside Syria.]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMMAN 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - A government-led assessment of Syrian areas affected by unrest began yesterday with a visit to the restive city of Homs, heavily devastated by nearly a month of shelling.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95102AMMAN 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - A government-led assessment of Syrian areas affected by unrest began yesterday with a visit to the restive city of Homs, heavily devastated by nearly a month of shelling.]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - If the Arab Spring is to have any lasting impact, education must top the priority list of post-revolutionary reforms in the Arab world, experts said yesterday at the launch of the 2010-2011 Arab Knowledge Report in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95075DUBAI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - If the Arab Spring is to have any lasting impact, education must top the priority list of post-revolutionary reforms in the Arab world, experts said yesterday at the launch of the 2010-2011 Arab Knowledge Report in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).]]>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>CAIRO 05 March 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies should use Syrian civil society and the private sector to deliver medical and food aid to communities in need inside Syria, humanitarian agencies from the Arab and Muslim world said at an operational/technical meeting in Cairo on 4 March.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95011CAIRO 05 March 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies should use Syrian civil society and the private sector to deliver medical and food aid to communities in need inside Syria, humanitarian agencies from the Arab and Muslim world said at an operational/technical meeting in Cairo on 4 March.]]>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT 23 February 2012 (IRIN) - In Syria’s commercial capital, Aleppo, posters plastered across the city tell the story of a community which, until recently, has been largely voiceless in the violent events of the past year.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94931BEIRUT 23 February 2012 (IRIN) - In Syria’s commercial capital, Aleppo, posters plastered across the city tell the story of a community which, until recently, has been largely voiceless in the violent events of the past year.]]>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT/DUBAI 21 February 2012 (IRIN) - Experts worry that Syrians will have increasing problems accessing food in the coming months, as prices rise, conflict disrupts supply lines, dwindling finances strain subsidies and imports face challenges.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94914BEIRUT/DUBAI 21 February 2012 (IRIN) - Experts worry that Syrians will have increasing problems accessing food in the coming months, as prices rise, conflict disrupts supply lines, dwindling finances strain subsidies and imports face challenges.]]>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT/DUBAI 17 February 2012 (IRIN) - Instability in Syria has aggravated an already vulnerable situation for tens of thousands of farmers and herders affected by recurrent drought, but only a fraction of them have received assistance because of chronic “serious underfunding” of humanitarian programmes in Syria, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94888BEIRUT/DUBAI 17 February 2012 (IRIN) - Instability in Syria has aggravated an already vulnerable situation for tens of thousands of farmers and herders affected by recurrent drought, but only a fraction of them have received assistance because of chronic “serious underfunding” of humanitarian programmes in Syria, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - If you thought 2011 was a historic year for the Middle East, 2012 is likely to be even more unpredictable.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94633DUBAI 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - If you thought 2011 was a historic year for the Middle East, 2012 is likely to be even more unpredictable.]]>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - When hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world poured into the streets in 2011 to demand freedom from dictatorship, they set in motion a series of events which not only created humanitarian needs in countries that were otherwise relatively stable, but also exacerbated existing humanitarian and developmental challenges.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94581DUBAI 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - When hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world poured into the streets in 2011 to demand freedom from dictatorship, they set in motion a series of events which not only created humanitarian needs in countries that were otherwise relatively stable, but also exacerbated existing humanitarian and developmental challenges.]]>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT 22 December 2011 (IRIN) - Syria’s central city of Homs is in a state of quasi-civil war, as violence becomes a daily routine, with sectarianism increasing and living conditions deteriorating, say residents and government opponents.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94529BEIRUT 22 December 2011 (IRIN) - Syria’s central city of Homs is in a state of quasi-civil war, as violence becomes a daily routine, with sectarianism increasing and living conditions deteriorating, say residents and government opponents.]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Landmine clearance and donor support for mine action reached an all-time high in 2010, but more countries – four – deployed antipersonnel mines than in any year since 2004, according to NGOs.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94366BANGKOK 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Landmine clearance and donor support for mine action reached an all-time high in 2010, but more countries – four – deployed antipersonnel mines than in any year since 2004, according to NGOs.]]>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>TRIPOLI 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - In the office of the former general turned self-styled humanitarian, concerned locals and Syrian refugees talk of taking up arms to defend a country they believe the national army will not.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94230TRIPOLI 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - In the office of the former general turned self-styled humanitarian, concerned locals and Syrian refugees talk of taking up arms to defend a country they believe the national army will not.]]>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT/ALEPPO 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - Mufid’s (second name withheld) small manufacturing business in a poor neighbourhood on the edge of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial capital, used to run on trust because he would receive goods and pay later - a system of trading that locals call `khamisat'.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94077BEIRUT/ALEPPO 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - Mufid’s (second name withheld) small manufacturing business in a poor neighbourhood on the edge of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial capital, used to run on trust because he would receive goods and pay later - a system of trading that locals call `khamisat'.]]>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]>BEIRUT 06 October 2011 (IRIN) - Six months into pro-democracy protests in Syria, allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated by supporters of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime proliferate.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=93897BEIRUT 06 October 2011 (IRIN) - Six months into pro-democracy protests in Syria, allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated by supporters of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime proliferate.]]>