Heavy rains have triggered flooding in northern Syria where hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDP) are living in makeshift refugee camps. It has created "catastrophic conditions" for the refugees living in those camps, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Videos uploaded to social media purport to show heavy flooding at Al Karama and Al Sharqiah refugee camps. (REUTERS) | Voice of America

Eight years into the war in Syria, 250,000 Syrian refugees are still living in Iraq, dreaming of going back home. In Iraq and everywhere else, we stand alongside refugees. | NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council