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| Wearing a red T-shirt and blue shorts, the child -- identified as three-year-old Aylan Kurdi -- is believed to be one of least 12 Syrians who died when their boats sank trying to reach Greece. |
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| The images of a tiny child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey's main tourist resorts has once more put a human face on the dangers faced by tens of thousands of desperate people who risk life and limb to seek a new life in Europe. |
From my old friend Palestinian-American Mike Hanini Odetalla's facebook wall:
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| #Refugees taken in by: #SaudiArabia: 0 #Qatar: 0 #Kuwait: 0 #Emirates: 0 #Bahrain: 0 |
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| The archaeologist who looked after ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria for 40 years, Khaled al-Asaad, was taken hostage {and murdered by Daesh/ISIS} after IS seized the Unesco World Heritage site this year BBC News 2015 |
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| A cloud rises above where the Temple of Baal Shamin stood in Palmyra until {Daesh/ISIS}Isis blew it up in August 2015... Isis is destroying the ‘Venice of the sands’ piece by piece – and worse atrocities may be yet to come. |
Kidnapping and Sex Slavery: Covering ISIS' Religious Justification for Rape
The New York Times
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FYI
#Jordan hosts second largest number of {Syrian} #refugees per capita — 2015 report #Amman #JO #Jordan http://ow.ly/RJ6yP
According
to official figures, there are some 1.4 million Syrians in Jordan. -
See more at:
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-hosts-second-largest-number-refugees-capita-%E2%80%94-report#sthash.TLNe3Xcq.dpuf
Refugees
from 44 nations, including Somalis, Iraqis and Sudanese, reside in
Jordan, according to the UNHCR. - See more at:
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-hosts-second-largest-number-refugees-capita-%E2%80%94-report#sthash.TLNe3Xcq.dpu
