Tag Archives: Refugees and Displaced Persons

World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Under Siege at Home, Refugees Are Feared Lost at Sea

An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of Rohingya Muslims into the sea, the United Nations said Tuesday. More than 100 Rohingya were aboard ... Read more

Car Bombings Kill Dozens in Turkish Town Near Syrian Border

REYHANLI, Turkey — Two powerful car bombs killed at least 42 people in this town near Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, transforming downtown office blocks into smoldering husks in one of the ... Read more

Bombings Kill Dozens in Turkish Border Town

REYHANLI, Turkey — Two powerful car bombs killed at least 40 people here near Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday. The attack raised fears that the violence of Syria’s civil war had once ... Read more

Syrian Refugees in Jordan Struggle to Survive

SABHA, Jordan — The parents were petrified the oldest of their seven children would be drafted into the Syrian Army. For their teenage girl, they feared rape and kidnapping. And the next oldest, verging ... Read more

New Chemical Weapons Allegations in Syria Conflict

Britain and France have written separately to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations that there is credible information suggesting Syria’s government has used chemical weapons in the civil ... Read more

Kuwait Gives Syria Aid Effort $300 Million

GENEVA — Kuwait said on Thursday that it had given $300 million to the international relief effort for refugees and other victims of Syria’s civil war, bringing respite to cash-starved aid agencies ... Read more