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UNHCR: Syria Crisis

04 February 2013

The conflict in Syria has sent more than 700,000 people fleeing across borders and displaced many more inside Syria.

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Lebanon: Guterres urges support

18 June 2013

On the first leg of his World Refugee Day visit to the region, the UN High Commissioner calls for support for Lebanon.

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Iraqi refugees flee war-torn Syria and seek safety back home

18 June 2013

After fleeing to Syria to escape violence in Iraq, Iraqi refugees are now returning home because of the war engulfing Syria

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Lebanon: Shahad's Smile

18 June 2013

Four-year-old Shahad has lived through a terrible ordeal – including a bomb attack, a life-threatening injury and flight into exile. But still she smiles.

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UNHCR aid for 5,000 reaches cut-off region of northern Syria

14 June 2013

The UN refugee agency delivers vital aid to Al Raqqa, where the humanitarian situation is reported to be dire after being inaccessible for the past three months.

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We felt maybe it's our turn to die. But we didn't want to die. So we made up our minds to leave.

Sahar, 25
Syrian refugee in Lebanon

They gave us biscuits, cheese, dates, dry meat – all very nice... And they gave us mats, blankets and kitchenware.

Fayzeh
mother of three at Jordan’s Za'atri camp

Everyone needs to be doing all they can for the innocent families caught in the crossfire.

Angelina Jolie
UNHCR Special Envoy

It is heartbreaking to see so many Syrian citizens losing their lives, uprooted from their homes, or trapped in war zones.

António Guterres
High Commissioner for Refugees

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