UN calls on countries to keep border opens for Syrian refugees January 17, 2014 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The UN refugee agency's chief has renewed a call on all nations to keep their borders open to Syrians fleeing their country, saying Syria's neighbors should not be "left alone" to cope with the influx, the Associated Press reports. More than 2 million people have been uprooted from their homes in Syria's civil war, many scattered in refugee camps and informal settlements dotting neighboring Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres said during a meeting with officials from countries neighboring Syria Friday that the international community needed to assume "a true attitude of burden-sharing." Guterres said: "It is unacceptable to see Syrian refugees drowning and dying in the Mediterranean Sea or being pushed back from borders." Related links:  Top stories The embassy staff were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia "due to the ongoing violence, the U.S. State Department said. Another 10,000 fled Mosul after ISIS took control at the beginning of June and numbers dropped have fallen rapidly since. The announcement comes just two days after President Abdullah Gül confirmed that he would not seek a second term. In the report, the Observatory said its activists on the ground have the names of 5,641 rebels who have been killed in infighting.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia’s Wikipedia campaign gaining force: BBC  What started as a YouTube clip has a new lease of life running on satellite TV to Armenians across the world.New convention comes into force to combat violence against women At least 12 women are killed by gender-related violence in Europe every day, according to the Council of Europe.NKR Defense Ministry produces evidence of Azeri attack “In response, we make public part of the evidence that proves the fact of the attack,” the NKR ministry said in a statement.U.S. Senate to recess for August without confirming envoy to Turkey The earliest date for confirmation votes for Ambassador-designate Bass and other pending ambassadorial nominations is Sept 8. |
