A Syrian refugee girl makes her way through mud at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz
A Syrian refugee girl makes her way through mud at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT)
A Syrian refugee boy walks past puddles of rain at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz
A Syrian refugee boy walks past puddles of rain at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT)
A Syrian refugee boy peeks out from a tent at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz
A Syrian refugee boy peeks out from a tent at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Syria agrees greater access for aid supplies - UNICEF
In a rare display of unity over Syria, the U.N. Security Council last month called unanimously for greater aid access in Syria, including a demand for cross-border access
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Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen
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Morocco says breaks up militant cell sending fighters abroad
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Syria crisis, 3 years on: the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement calls for an end to the humanitarian tragedy
In the three years since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, the situation has developed into a humanitarian disaster of appalling dimensions. More than 9 million Syrians are in need of urgent assistance, including 6.5 million people displaced inside their own country, half of them children, struggling to survive amid the fighting. A further 2.4 million people have fled Syria since January 2012, seeking refuge in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. Thousands more families have left for countries further afield. Today, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate rapidly in large parts of the country.