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Turkey denies mass deportation of Syrian refugees

March 28, 2013 10:31
By Hamdi Istanbullu and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey denied on Thursday it had rounded up and deported hundreds of Syrian refugees following unrest at a border camp, highlighting the strain the exodus from Syria's civil war is placing on neighbouring states. Witnesses said hundreds of Syrians were bussed to the border after Wednesday's clashes in which refugees in the Suleymansah camp, near the Turkish town of Akcakale, threw rocks at military police, who fired teargas and water cannon.

Jordan policeman hurt as Syrian refugees riot

February 10, 2013 09:15
Jordanian police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse Syrian refugees at a northern camp after they tried to attack the storehouse of a Norwegian charity as it gave away aid, injuring a policeman. "A Norwegian charity was distributing aid when 200 refugees at the Zaatari camp started rioting and tried to attack the organisation's storehouse," Anmar Hmud, a government spokesman for refugee affairs, told AFP. "A policeman was injured in the 30-minute riot. Police intervened, firing tear gas to disperse the refugees," Hmud said.

UPDATE 2-UNHCR reaches rebel-held area of N.Syria for first time

February 1, 2013 08:01
* Delivers tents, blankets to stranded in Azaz * Crossline operation called a "breakthrough" * WHO reports leishmaniasis outbreaks in Aleppo, Deir al-Zor (adds details, WHO on disease outbreak) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Friday that it had reached an opposition-held area of north Syria for the first time and found about 45,000 displaced people living in appalling conditions.

UPDATE 2-Syrian refugees top 700,000, U.N. struggling to cope

January 29, 2013 06:15
(Updates refugee figures, adds background) GENEVA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than 700,000 Syrian refugees have fled to other countries in the region and aid workers are struggling to keep up with the exodus, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The number of refugees passed the 500,000 mark on Dec 11, meaning more than 200,000 have fled the war-torn country in the past seven weeks.

Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy

January 8, 2013 09:53
ANKARA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians living in a refugee camp in southern Turkey will hold elections this month to select camp leaders and an administrative council in an exercise Turkey said was aimed at introducing democracy to Syrian citizens. Turkey, which is sheltering tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing violence in their homeland, is an outspoken critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is battling rebels trying to overthrow his government.
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