from Foreign Policy News: Syrian Refugees Top 3 Million The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, stated over 3 million people who have fled the conflict in Syria will have registered as refugees in neighboring countries as of Friday. Another 6.5 million people have become internally displace, so that about half of the Syrian population has been forced to leave their homes since fighting broke out in March 2011. The United Nations estimates that hundreds of thousands of people have additionally fled the conflict without registering as refugees. The UNHCR said this is the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era and noted the situation is worsening. The United Nations has condemned the capture of 43 peacekeepers in the Golan Heights and called for their immediate release. Militants seized the Fijian peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) during clashes with the Syrian army on Thursday near the Quneitra crossing. A further 81 peacekeepers from the Philippines are trapped in their positions around Ar Ruwayhinah and Burayqah. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama said the United States does not have a strategy yet to combat Islamic State militants and that there is no immediate plan to escalate military operations, including potential airstrikes in Syria.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:25:14 +0000
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