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SYRIA: Extreme poverty for displaced women causing brides “buyer’s market”

Children and teens in Aleppo, Syria

Cecily Hilleary - WNN Breaking (WNN/VOA) Zaatari, JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST: Each day, hundreds of Syrian women straggle into Jordan, Egypt and other countries in the region in search of security and a better life for themselves and their children. But because many of them have left their husbands behind in Syria, they are vulnerable to sexual [...]

Syrian refugee accounts ‘horrific’ says celebrity advocate Angelina Jolie

Syrian refugee girl in Jordan

Mark Snowiss – WNN Breaking (WNN/VOA) Zaatari refugee camp, Mafraq, JORDAN: The United Nations says the number of refugees who have fled Syria has reached more than 250,000, calling the humanitarian problems sparked by the conflict “our biggest crisis.” The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday there are more than 85,000 Syrians registered in Jordan, nearly [...]

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