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Real Life Heroes: the Syrian film-maker cleaning COVID wards or in the UK

Aug 15, 2020, at 10:40 pm

New York: Hassan Akkad, an award-winning Syrian film-maker, fled the war in his country four years ago and now lives as a refugee in the United Kingdom. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, he decided to help those affected by the pandemic, by becoming a cleaner at a London hospital.

Peace in Syria must be built on dignity, human rights for all Syrians, UNHCR envoy Angelina Jolie

Jan 30, 2018, at 02:13 pm

New York, Jan 30 (JEN): With nearly 5.5 million war-weary Syrian refugees sheltering in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, Angelina Jolie, the United Nations refugee agency’s envoy, visited on Sunday Jordan’s Za’atari camp, carrying the message that peace in Syria must be built on human rights.