Sentences with phrase «syrian war refugees»

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(In response to the influx of Syrians fleeing the civil war, some European countries have effectively shut down routes refugees commonly use to travel beyond Greece, leaving them in limbo.)

A number of factors have contributed, including concerns about dropping oil prices, slowing growth in China and geopolitical tensions (among them, concerns over the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis and ISIS attacks).

You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.

An influential Syrian seminary educator who asked not to be named told CT that Syrian Christians are very aware of what happened to Christians in Iraq, including the estimated 500,000 Christian refugees who fled to Syria during the Iraq war.

Kerry argued that the refugee crisis from the Syrian civil war was destabilizing Jordan.

Its fiscal position has deteriorated since the beginning of the Arab Spring; hosting 500,000 refugees has already cost Jordan over $ 800 million since the Syrian war began, and unrest across the Arab world, particularly in neighboring Syria, has cost Jordan's economy as much as $ 4 billion.

Sabir is a Syrian refugee who fled his country after the war broke out.

«Shadow Cabinet members agreed to call David Cameron to account on the unanswered questions raised by his case for bombing: including how it would accelerate a negotiated settlement of the Syrian civil war; what ground troops would take territory evacuated by ISIS; military co-ordination and strategy; the refugee crisis and the imperative to cut - off of supplies to ISIS.»

Weighing in on one of the most contentious issues in American politics — the danger posed to host countries by the 4.8 million people who have fled from Syria's civil war — Syrian President Bashar al - Assad told Yahoo News that some of the refugees are «definitely» terrorists.

2015 is just a week old, but we have already seen two worrying trends for Syrians fleeing the violence of war: first, an increase in restrictions imposed on those seeking to settle in neighbouring countries such as Lebanon; and secondly, even more refugees boarding boats and taking risky journeys in the Mediterranean.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler tore into President Donald Trump's decision to launch a missile assault on a Syrian airbase yesterday evening in retaliation for dictator Bashar al - Assad's use of nerve gas against a rebel - held town — and further assailed the Republican commander - in - chief's opposition to admitting refugees from the war - bloodied country.

To recap: While the Syrian Civil War was raging, ISIS was rising, and refugees were swamping Syria's neighbors and surging into Europe, the Obama administration let in less than a trickle of refugees.

While at a public school near the Zahle camp, Tenney said she heard from a Syrian refugee students who asked for American help in ending the civil war in his homeland.

Saad Abu Hammour, secretary - general of the Jordan Valley Authority, told the Jerusalem hearing that the scarcity of water in Jordan has been exacerbated by the arrival of more than 250,000 Syrian refugees into the country since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.

In Lebanon, War Child Holland, a branch of the global NGO that assists children in conflict zones, is evaluating three efforts: a life skills program, a program to reduce parents» stress, and a World Health Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refugees.

After fleeing their country's civil war, more than 10,000 Syrians — half of them children — are now refugees in Ontario, Canada.

The website is filled with opportunities to present social studies content and context, including entire sections devoted to Iranian and Syrian refugees — subjects that can easily tie into content on immigration, human rights, geography, and foreign wars, to name a few.

The voices and stories of Syrian refugee experiences are not the only thing drowned out by the international news agencies» overwhelming focus on conflict, war, and death tolls.

As the Syrian civil war continues with no end in sight, thousands of Syrian refugees have reached the Turkish coasts around Mersin, turning to human smuggling operations as a way to reach Europe.

Six artists of color use performance, photography, textiles, and more to take on stories such as modern - day gentrification in Bed - Stuy, traced through an amateur kung fu film found at the former home of a theater frequented by Reverend Al Sharpton; the Syrian refugee crisis and conflict, mixing media coverage and first - person accounts; and the actual Revolutionary War's 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, conducted by a woman of color.

Her work stems from interviews with veterans and their relatives, as well as from interviews with current refugees, spanning from World War I to the Syrian conflict.

This route echoes the perilous journey and plight of millions of Syrian refugees fleeing the war.

Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr — 2017 exhibition @ Somerset House Syrian family portraits include empty chairs for relatives who have died in the conflict, and there are understandably many more images of war and refugees in what's been an emotional year.

Shot on the Malaysian island of Bidong, a former Vietnam war refugee camp, it mirrors the present refugee crisis at a time when millions of Syrian refugees have fled their homeland.

Of course, since 2011, the Syrian conflict has ballooned into a multinational war, with nearly 4 million refugees across the region.

Climate change didn't cause the Syrian civil war or today's refugee crisis.

I am a Syrian refugee who escaped a war!

It states: I am a Syrian refugee who escaped the war!