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CBC.ca
December 24, 2016
Private sponsors are scrambling to raise funds and complete applications for Syrian refugees after the Canadian government revealed that in 2017 there will be cap of 1,000 new applicants under a particular type of private sponsorship. Private refugee sponsorships aren't all the same: there are largerÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
May 18, 2016
Canadian Minister of Immigration John McCallum passes under barbed wire during his visit to a Syrian refugee camp in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. AP Photo/Bilal HusseinÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 7, 2016
Additional staff are being sent back to Canadian visa offices in the Middle East for faster processing of Syrian refugees, part of a Liberal promise to bring 10,000 privately sponsored Syrians to Canada by early next year. Sponsorship groups have given Immigration Minister John McCallum and other LiberalÃâà...
ThinkProgress
March 1, 2016
Canadian Minister of Immigration John McCallum speaks with a Syrian family inside their tent, during his visit to a refugee camp in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/BILAL HUSSEIN. The Canadian government fulfilled a promise on MondayÃâà...
teleSUR English
January 6, 2016
Hezbollah members mourn during the funeral of a comrade who was killed in combat alongside Syrian government forces in the Qalamun region, on May 26, 2015, in the southern Lebanese village of Ghaziyeh. | Photo: AFP. Previous; Next. Published 6 January 2016. 0. Comments. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share toÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
July 5, 2015
The Syrian army and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters said on Sunday they had entered the rebel-held city of Zabadani, marking the second day in attempt to capture the border area around the Beirut-Damascus highway. By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters July 5, 2015. close. A Lebanon's Hezbollah member and a woman prayÃâà...
Business Insider
May 5, 2015
Hezbollah members react while carrying the coffin of Lebanon's Hezbollah soldier Abbas Hijazi, who died in an airstrike in Quneitra, during his funeral in Ghaziyeh village, south Lebanon January 21, 2015. Reuters/Ali Hashisho JERUSALEM (Reuters) - While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuÃâà...
