On the Syrian Border | Overcrowded Refugee Camp Braces for Thousands More
Today, I spent the day at the Za’atari Refugee Camp near the Syrian border, a windblown tent city in the Jordanian desert. A sea of tents several miles long stretches as far as the eye can see, holding 80,000 desperate refugees . . . with multitudes more pouring in...Life After Escape: Syrians Waiting For Hope
The U.N. reports the arrival of 3,000 Syrian refugees into Jordan every day. For most of them, their only concern is to escape the terror they’ve experienced in Syria. But they could never anticipate the new misery that awaits them. A typical day for these refugees is...The Battle of Hope
“It never ends,” Isam recently told me about his work in the Middle East. He is World Help’s on-the-ground partner in Jordan near the Syrian border. He facilitates aid distribution, working on the front lines with the refugees who have fled into Jordan. Over the past...Syrian Refugee Camps: Winter Extends the Suffering
Shells explode in the distance. Shouting. A woman’s cry. The sobbing of a child. Bloodstained streets. The Syrian border is only a few miles away, but for hundreds of thousands of refugees, the nightmare is far from over. The biting winds signal the coming of winter,...
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