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Syria takes in 244 refugees
 AL-TANAF, Syria: A group of 244 Palestinians stranded for several weeks on the border between Iraq and Jordan entered Syria on Tuesday at the Al-Tanaf crossing point after Damascus agreed to take them in. The refugees fled violence in Baghdad in March and had been camping in no-man's land on the Iraqi-Jordanian border since Amman blocked their entry. The group of men, women and children entered Syria via the Al-Tanaf crossing point, some 300 kilometers east of Damascus, where they received food and medical care, an AFP photographer reported. The group was expected to be taken to the Abu al-Hol refugee camp, some 700 kilometers northeast of the Syrian capital, a customs official said on condition of anonymity. Some of the refugees who crossed from the border post with Iraq have Iraqi or Palestinian identity papers, "but some have no documentation at all," he added.Posted by: Fred 2006-05-10 |
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