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  Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift

  World | October 17, 2019 20:01 IST

  Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people as rapidly shifting battle lines make it increasingly difficult to reach them. Nearly all foreign aid workers have been evacuated because of security concerns, and there are fears that local staff could face reprisals, either at the hands of Turkish-led forces pushing in from the north or Syrian troops fanning out across territory held by the embattled Kurds.

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  Pope urges aid for Syria, end to civil war

  World | April 25, 2013 8:51 IST

  Vatican City, April 25: Pope Francis has called on nations to give humanitarian aid to Syria's population and end the deadly conflict in the country.The abduction of a Greek Orthodox and a Syriac Orthodox bishop