GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in neighbouring Syria, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on Tuesday.Full story
Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the upcoming book “The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East,” and MSNBC Contributor Rula Jebreal talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the ongoing conflict in Syria and Secretary o
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders in the area. It is expected that Syria will be a major point of discussion. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute and journalist Rula Jebreal join MSNBC with more.
Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, Ertharin Cousin, discusses the additional $100 million in aid to Syrian refugees promised by Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as efforts already underway in the country.
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., just returned from a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey reports on the humanitarian crisis there and why he supports President Obama’s cautious approach.
Jordan refugee camps have become overwhelmed with Syrian refugees, as families seek medical attention and fear a cutback in food. ITN’s John Ray reports.
Exactly two years to the day since the Syrian conflict began, thousands of refugees are still fleeing into neighboring countries like Egypt and Jordan. Tessa Chapman Channel 5 Europe reports.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, visited Syrian refugees at a camp on the Jordanian border – Camilla called the experience “humbling” and “heartbreaking.” The charity Save the Children says the situation is no better for two million children still inside Syria. ITV’s Paraic O Brien reports.
An Afghan refugee fixes his roof as the weather takes a turn for the worst, bringing rain and high winds at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Thousands of Afghans displaced by the war in their own country live in slum-like conditions in refugee camps on the edge of the capi
Syrian refugees walk inside the Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, 20 km (12.4 miles) east of the city of Zarqa April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Ahmed Jawabreh. Al-arub refugee camp, near Hebron, West Bank. May 2013. For story on wave of arrests of children by Israeli authorities.
Palestinian refugees join other protesters as they shout slogans against Israel during a demonstration to mark Nakba Day outside the U.N. office in Amman May 15, 2013. The demonstration was to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes and be
