Effectiveness of resource management of Lebanese NGOs in response to COVID-19 and the Syrian crisis by Nadia Kabbara, Hale Ozgit

“…Henceforth, the study examined NGO activities and strategies in response to the Syrian refugee crisis during and after COVID-19 to identify future effective practices. …”
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Editorial: Categorising Migrants: Standards, complexities, and politics by Claus K. Meyer, Sebastian Boll

“…In spring 2017, New York Times correspondent Patrick Kingsley went to Turkey to cover the lives of Syrian refugees. In Istanbul, Kingsley met Abu Mohammed, a former surgeon’s assistant from Syria, who between 2015 and 2016 had helped to facilitate the passage of refugees from his home country into Greece. …”
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Current challenges of the European security caused by the refugee crisis. The EU's fight against terrorism by Andreea Florentina NICOLESCU

“…In this way, the analysis implied the selection of EU member states which received Syrian refugees by relocation together with the highlighting of the numeric situation of the persons returned from Greece to Turkey. …”
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Spatio-temporal variations of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in Turkey based on satellite remote sensing by Yavaşlı Doğukan Doğu

“…Our results show that there is an abrupt change by 2011 in the tropospheric NO2 concentrations, same period when the first Syrian refugees have arrived after the political disorder. …”
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How to End a War: Remnants of Hope and Terror in Danny Ramadan’s The Foghorn Echoes by Shyam Patel

“…Through both of their lives, it is revealed that the reality of queer Syrian refugees is inseparable from the complicated and oppressive histories that mark them such as the war and their forbidden love, whether they remain in the homeland or seek to build a good life somewhere else.…”
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An ecological settlement design for refugees in Kocaeli by Merve Küçük, Tulay Tikansak Karadayi

“…In line with the ecological settlement criteria, a survey was conducted to understand the accommodation problems and environmental awareness of Syrian refugees living in Kocaeli. Ecological living units are designed in line with the environmental, climatic and sociological data obtained. …”
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Preventative Medicine as a Tool to Ensure Health Equity for Disadvantaged Populations: An Interview with Dr. Kevin Pottie by Mohammed K. Rashid, Hiba Abdul-Fattah

“…He guides us through his journey and shares with us important advice on caring for newly arriving Syrian refugees based on recent published guidelines.   « Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir. » —Benjamin Franklin. …”
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Reflections from the Lebanese field: “First, heal thyself” by Zeina Chemali, Hannah Smati, Kelsey Johnson, Christina P. C. Borba, Gregory L. Fricchione

“…Abstract Humanitarian aid workers caring for Syrian refugees face major stressors as they attend to refugees’ needs on the field. …”
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Turkey's Involvement in the Syrian Conflict from a Defense Management Perspective by Muhammad Zulham, Hendra Maujana Saragih, Suyono Thamrin, Tatar Bonar Silitonga

“…The conclusion of this article is that defense management (Assad's call for resignation) is based on preventing Syrian refugees from going to Turkey. A large number of refugees from Syria may undermine Turkey's security and stability. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance in Syria: A Local Problem Turns Into a Global Threat by Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Sanaa Al ahdab, Milena Jurisevic, Sulaiman Mouselli

“…Laboratory findings of resistant bacteria strains among the Syrian refugees in some European countries serve as evidence of concern spreading far beyond Middle East. …”
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Breaking Barriers: Digital Work and Fragile Livelihoods of Women Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa by Dina Mansour-Ille, Demi Starks

“…Since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, over 6.5 million Syrian refugees have been registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) globally. …”
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The Integration of Migration Concerns into EU External Policies: Instruments, Techniques and Legal Problems by Sara Poli

“…. | (Abstract) This Article examines the recent EU practice of concluding practical arrangements designed, on the one hand, to return irregular migrants to countries of origin or transit and, on the other, to provide trade incentives to States hosting refugees, such as Jordan, in exchange for offering Syrian refugees employment opportunities. After examining the legal nature of the mentioned sui generis instruments, it is argued that preference for informal agreements with third countries is capable of affecting the external powers enjoyed by the European Parliament and the EU's accountability in its external action. …”
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Livestock Displacement and Zoonotic Disease Dynamics in Refugee Contexts by D. Braam

“…Over the past decade, Syrian refugees resettled and rebuilt livelihoods using pre-existing informal and formal connections with the Jordanian host population. …”
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The effects of war, displacement, and trauma on child development by Livia Hazer, Gustaf Gredebäck

“…As the Syrian conflict has resulted in the largest refugee crisis in modern history, we focus on Syrian refugees, but comparisons to other current major conflicts (Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Yemen) are done for reference, making this review relevant, not only for the Syrian conflict but war-affected children in general. …”
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Understanding Media and Refugees rough Civil Society: Mülteci-Der Case by Kübra Güran Yiğitbaşı

“…With reference to the ongoing war in Syria since 2011, the media news regarding Syrian refugees have been analyzed over Multeci-Der, which was established as a non-governmental organization in order to work for refugees. …”
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Most Frequent Esophageal Foreign Bodies Ingested by Children by Derya Altay, Duran Arslan

“…Of the cases with foreign bodies impacted in the esophagus, 10% were Syrian refugees. Most of the foreign bodies removed from the esophagus endoscopically were coins, which were frequently attached to the upper esophageal sphincter. …”
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Cardiovascular risk scoring for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in low-resource settings by Collins, DRJ

“…Third, using mixed methods and intensive fieldwork, it evaluated the practical implementation of WHO/ISH CVD risk scores in Médecins Sans Frontières clinics for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Lastly, it explored the potential to simplify CVD risk scores by replacing cholesterol information with body mass index using a contemporary CVD risk cohort from New Zealand. …”

Situating zoonotic diseases in peacebuilding and development theories: Prioritizing zoonoses in Jordan. by Jaclyn McAlester, Yuichiro Kanazawa

“…In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that Jordan prioritize their list of zoonoses, partially in response to the influx of Syrian refugees. We write this paper to expand the One Health framework by situating zoonotic diseases in peacebuilding and development theories in order to prioritize zoonotic diseases in Jordan. …”
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European External Migration Funds and Public Procurement Law by Thomas Spijkerboer, Elies Steyger

“…Turkish Coast Guard boats. - IV.5. Syrian refugees. - V. Conclusion. | (Abstract) Since 2014, the European Union has established three funds (for Africa, Syria, and refugees in Turkey) to implement its external migration policy. …”
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A dataset to model Levantine landcover and land-use change connected to climate change, the Arab Spring and COVID-19 by Michael Kempf

“…In addition, the region has been impacted by further socio-political turmoil at least since 2010, including the Syrian civil war and currently the escalation of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which strained neighbouring countries like Jordan due to the influx of Syrian refugees and increases population vulnerability to governmental decision-making. …”
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