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The United States is in the process of upgrading Shahid Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq in Jordan to turn it into a more permanent base, according to a solicitation released on 29 November. A US Air Force F-16 from the 55th Fighter ...

Victim died of hematoma after losing consciousness at work and going into coma

A new book from the MIT Future Heritage Lab goes inside a Syrian refugee camp to uncover the creative lives of its inhabitants.

Caption: The 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2021, curated by Hashim Sarkis, pictured, dean of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, displays a broad range of ideas addressing its thematic question: How will we live together? Credits: Credit: Andrea Avezzù, Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia Caption: Hashim Sarkis, right, with Roberto Cicutto. Roberto Cicu...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology By many lights, these are challenging times: The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, rampant political polarization, and the social and economic effects of globalization have all contributed to a sense of unease or outright turmoil around the globe. This summer, the Venice Biennale’s 17th International Architecture Exhibition, the world’s premier event of its kind, is directly tackling those types of issues, led by the exhibition’s curato...

Sinopharm shots will be administered to people in refugee camps

The Sinopharm vaccine will be administered to people in refugee camps The Emirates Red Crescent has launched the first phase of a vaccination programme to inoculate 15,000 Syrian refugees and displaced people in Iraq. All photos by Wam The health campaign is in line with the directives of Sheikha Fatima, Chairwoman of the General Womens Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Honorary Chairwoman of the Emirates Red Cross. The Sinopharm vaccine will be administe...

ERC launches first phase of vaccination programme for Syrian refugees in Jordanian camps Format AMMAN, 24th May, 2021 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has launched the first phase of vaccination programme for Syrian refugees in the Jordanian camps to help the country confronts the coronavirus pandemic. The programme aims to vaccinate 12,000 refugees in the Emirati-Jordanian camp of Mrajeeb Al Fhood and camps of Zaatari, Al Azraq and Al Hadiqa with the Sinopharm vaccine. The move is in i...

ERC launches first phase of vaccination programme for Syrian refugees in Jordanian camps AMMAN, 24th May, 2021 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has launched the first phase of vaccination programme for Syrian refugees in the Jordanian camps to help the country confronts the coronavirus pandemic. The programme aims to vaccinate 12,000 refugees in the Emirati-Jordanian camp of Mrajeeb Al Fhood and camps of Zaatari, Al Azraq and Al Hadiqa with the Sinopharm vaccine. The move is in implemen...

"This programme is implemented under an Emirati-Jordanian partnership represented by the Emirates Red Crescent, the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi and the Jordanian Ministry of Health, and in co-ordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees" said Mohammed Al Falahi, the ERC secretary general. Dr Ghazi Sharkas, assistant secretary general for epidemics and communicable diseases in Jordans ministry of health, stressed the importance of providing the Covid-19 vaccines for th...