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  • 8
    Jan
    2013
    11:41am, EST

    On the move again, Syrian refugees flee flooding

    Hussein Malla / AP

    Syrian refugees stand under electricity cables outside their tents, at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour near the border with Syria, on Jan. 8.

    By The Associated Press

    Two Syrian refugee encampments in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley were completely immersed in water Tuesday after the Litani river flooded and the water came pouring into tents. The flood forced dozens of Syrian refugees to leave in search for alternative shelter along with their water-soaked and muddied belongings.

    In a Jordanian camp, Syrian refugees attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets. Continue reading.

    Related: One million Syrians going hungry as fighting rages, says UN

    Hussein Malla / AP

    Syrian refugees wade through flooded water at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour near the border with Syria, on Jan. 8.

    Hussein Malla / AP

    A Syrian refugee boy carries his belongings as he makes his way in flooded water at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour near the border with Syria, on Jan. 8.

    Mohammad Hannon / AP

    Syrian refugees make their way on water and mud, at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, on Jan. 8. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured.

    Ali Jarekji / Reuters

    A Syrian refugee fixes his tent after heavy rain at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on Jan. 8

    Hussein Malla / AP

    Syrian refugee children watch television at a temporary shelter, after their tents flooded from the rain, at a refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour near the border with Syria, on Jan. 8.

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    Slideshow: Syria uprising

    Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

    A look at the violence that has overtaken the country.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Assad gives defiant speech as Syrian rebels edge closer to Damascus
    • Syrian children attend school in Aleppo despite continued bombardment, bloodshed
    • Reuters cameraman wounded by Syrian sniper

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  • 30
    Dec
    2012
    5:06pm, EST

    Children wait for winter aid in Afghanistan

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    Displaced Afghan children from Helmand Province wait for winter relief assistance from the United Nations Refugee Agency at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Sunday, Dec. 30. About 600 displaced families received relief assistance from the UN agency.

    Related content:

    Slideshow: Afghanistan: Nation at a crossroads

    More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.

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    "Displaced Afghan children from Helmand Province wait for winter relief assistance from the United Nations Refugee Agency at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital," Most Muslims in Muslim nations think that employees of UN and its agencies, Red Cross and others are spies of "most hate …

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  • 18
    Dec
    2012
    5:56pm, EST

    Afghan refugees prepare for another winter

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    Afghan displaced children warm themselves at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec. 18.

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    An Afghan worker from the German run charity organization, known as, Johanniter, writes a number on the hand of an internally displaced boy during a winter assistance donation at a refugee camp in Kabul.

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    Afghan displaced women stand in line to receive fire wood provided by a German run charity organization at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 18.

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    An Afghan displaced woman sits on bags filled with fire wood in Kabul, Afghanistan Dec. 18.

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    More than 2 million Afghans are at risk from cold, disease and malnutrition this winter as an international appeal for funds to help one of the world's poorest countries has fallen drastically short of its goal, the United Nations and several humanitarian agencies warned last week. Continue reading AP article.

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    MADNESS doth prevail. Let them enjoy their Folly, they are free. No man knoweth the hour when the Lord will take this earth . Amen, so let it be

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  • 17
    Dec
    2012
    6:14pm, EST

    Manu Brabo / AP

    Cold weather comes to refugee camp in Azaz, Syria

    A Syrian woman stands near a fire to warm herself at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees, who fled their homes because of fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, struggled to keep warm as temperatures dropped to 36 degrees Fahrenheit in Azaz.

    Related Slideshow: Syria uprising

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  • 11
    Dec
    2012
    6:59pm, EST

    Winter brings more troubles for displaced Syrians

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Girls who fled their homes with their families peek out of their makeshift school at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Dec. 10, 2012.

    ATMEH, Syria (AP) — This tent camp sheltering Syrians uprooted by their country's brutal civil war has lost the race against winter: The ground under white tents is soaked in mud, fights erupt over scarce blankets and volunteer doctors routinely run out of medicine for coughing, runny-nosed children.

    The 21-month-old battle to bring down President Bashar Assad has already forced some 3 million Syrians from their homes, according to a new estimate, and cold, wet winter weather is making life increasingly unbearable for the displaced.

    Many of the roughly 12,000 people seeking refuge in the tent camp near the Syrian village of Atmeh on the Turkish border fled with just the clothes on their backs, running from intensifying bombing raids by the Syrian air force in recent months. Full story…

    EDITOR’S NOTE: all images made available to NBC News on Dec. 11.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Children gather around a vehicle to get pillows and blankets distributed at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Dec. 10.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Children stand at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Dec. 11.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A woman cooks for her family outside her tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Dec. 11.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A boy walks back to his tent at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Dec. 10.

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    "The 21-month-old battle to bring down President Bashar Assad has already forced some 3 million Syrians from their homes, according to a new estimate, and cold, wet winter weather is making life increasingly unbearable for the displaced." Sunnis fast backward march to one-way traffic and high level  …

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  • 26
    Oct
    2012
    4:32pm, EDT

    Manu Brabo / AP

    Displaced Syrian children play in a refugee camp near Atma, Idlib province, Syria, Oct. 26, 2012. A powerful car bomb exploded in Damascus and scattered fighting broke out in several areas across Syria Friday, quickly dashing any hopes that a shaky holiday cease-fire would hold for four days.

    Syrian refugees abide as cease-fire is broken

    Associated Press reports — Two deadly car bombs and sporadic fighting marred a shaky holiday truce Friday in Syria, although thousands of protesters used the brief respite in the civil war to pour into the streets and demand President Bashar Assad's ouster. Full story…

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  • 23
    Oct
    2012
    11:00pm, EDT

    Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

    Syrian refugee seeks solace in playtime

    A Syrian refugee walks on top of a tent in a refugee camp in Atimeh, on the Syrian-Turkish border of the Idlib Governorate, Oct. 23, 2012.

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  • 8
    Oct
    2012
    6:15pm, EDT

    Syrian refugees find respite near the Turkish border

    Maysun / EPA

    Syrian refugee children play on slide put up for them in a refugee camp at the Syrian-Turkish border near Azaz, Syria, Oct. 7, 2012. The makeshift refugee camp is reported to be growing daily, housing several thousand refugees under poor sanitary conditions and under the control of the Free Syrian Army.

    Maysun / EPA

    Syrian refugee boys fill bottles with water in an abandoned storage house which is part of a refugee camp at the Syrian-Turkish border near Azaz, Syria, Oct. 7.

    A makeshift refugee camp in the vicinity of Azaz, Syria is reported to be housing several thousand refugees under poor sanitary conditions and under the control of the Free Syrian Army. While residents keep fleeing the embattled areas, rebels claim gains in northern parts of the country along the border with Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition group, said the rebels now control a larger number of towns in the north.

    --Reported by the European Press Agency

    Meanwhile, tensions between Syria and Turkey are high as the two countries exchange fire across the border.

    EDITOR'S NOTE: The European Press Agency made these Oct. 7 images available to NBC News on Oct. 8.

    Maysun / EPA

    A Syrian refugee woman tends to her crying baby as her family sits on the ground in a refugee camp at the Syrian-Turkish border near Azaz, Syria, Oct. 7.

    Maysun / EPA

    A Syrian refugee sits amidst a pile of belongings, waiting for permission to enter Turkey, at the Syrian-Turkish border near Azaz, Syria, Oct. 7.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Turkish soldiers secure border with Syria

    • Overcome with grief, Syrian man drops to his knees holding his dead son

    • Inside Syria with Ann Curry

    • The fragility of life in Syria's borderlands

    • Amid Syria's civil war violence, a strange calm in the capital

    • Turkish hospital gives Syrian refugees a place to heal

    Slideshow: Syria uprising

    SANA via Reuters

    A look back at the violence that has overtaken the country

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  • 24
    Sep
    2012
    2:18pm, EDT

    Turkish hospital gives Syrian refugees a place to heal

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee tries to walk after he received medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the border with Syria, on Sept. 20 in Reyinhali, Turkey.

    Wounded Syrian refugees are cared for at Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the Syrian border in Reynhali, Turkey. As the conflict in Syria intensifies, ambulances continue to carry sick and wounded people from the border every day, although the hospital capacity is only 200 beds. The problem is not only capacity but where the Syrian refugees should go after treatment. Most of them will wait for a solution to the Syrian crisis at refugee camps.

    --Reported by Getty Images

    Editor's note: The eastern European photo agency ISIFA made these pictures available to NBC News via Getty Images on Sept. 24.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital on Sept. 20.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee lies on a bed after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital on Sept. 20.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.

    Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images

    A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.

    Related content on PhotoBlog:

    • A fearful mother's anguish in Syria
    • In Syria's countryside, vital support for rebels
    • The battle for Aleppo: My 18 days with the Syrian rebels
    • Who are the Syrian rebels?

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    To the Attention of the NBCNews: Correction required: the statement "cared for a State Hot Reynhalispital" and receiving medical treatment at the "Reynhali State Hospital" are totally wrong and should be corrected based on the right facts. Correction: The Rehab Center is owned and operated by U …

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  • 17
    Sep
    2012
    1:43am, EDT

    Scenes from Yida refugee camp in South Sudan

    Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin / AP

    A man watches over his cattle and goats as they graze in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state and around the border of Sudan and South Sudan.

    Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin / AP

    Boys gather to wrestle, a traditional sport practiced in many parts of South Sudan, on a sandy patch of ground in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16.

    Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin / AP

    Tasmin, a mother of six, stands with her children outside her house in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16.

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  • 31
    Aug
    2012
    10:16am, EDT

    Survivors of asylum boat reach safety in Indonesia

    Tubagus / EPA

    Indonesian rescuers help a young survivor to get back on dry land at Merak seaport, Banten Province, Indonesia, Aug. 31. A boat carrying an estimated 150 migrants en route to Australia sank off Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    Australian rescuers called off their search for survivors on Friday after a boat reportedly carrying about 150 asylum-seekers sank off Java, Indonesia. The wooden fishing boat went down on Wednesday as it headed for a remote Australian island. 

    In a statement, the Australian government said that 55 survivors had been recovered on Thursday, along with one body. An Australian navy ship and several merchant vessels were involved in the search.

    Indonesian officials said that they would continue with their own search and rescue operation, according to the BBC.

    Kris Aria / AFP - Getty Images

    A survivor is carried off an Indonesian rescue boat at Merak seaport on Aug. 31.

    The European Pressphoto Agency reported that the survivors, most of whom were Afghans, were being taken to Merak, a port on the western tip of Java. Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, said that they would be handed over to immigration authorities there.

    Since 2001, almost 1,000 people have died at sea while attempting to reach Australia on overcrowded and often unseaworthy refugee boats from Indonesia, according to figures compiled by Reuters.

    AP

    Survivors lie on the deck of a rescue boat upon arrival at a port in Merak on Aug. 31.

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  • 8
    Aug
    2012
    9:28am, EDT

    Congo crisis exacerbated by heavy rains

    Jerome Delay / AP

    Internally displaced Congolese children shelter from the rain under plastic sheets as they wait for aid to be distributed in Kibati in eastern Congo on Aug. 8.

    U.N. humanitarian chief, Baroness Valerie Amos, trudged through puddles of muddy water on the outskirts of Goma in eastern Congo, to greet some of the 280,000 displaced Congolese who had rivulets of water dripping down their faces as they waited in line.

    They were given a sack containing a blanket, pot, plastic sleeping mat, soap, sanitary towels, a jerry can and plastic sheeting to cover tiny huts put together with twigs and leaves. --Associated Press reports

    Jerome Delay / AP

    Drenching rain punctuated by frightening bursts of thunder and forked lightning add to the misery of some of the 280,000 refugees from Congo's eastern rebellion on Aug. 8 in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo.

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    What really makes me sick is found over in the "Entertainment" section... in light of this suffering, who just bought another new house so they have somewhere to stay on both coasts? Who just bought their fifth car? Who just paid $50,000 to eat dinner with other people with more money than they know …

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