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Published in TZ Latest News 24 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff

In Jordan, a Syrian refugee camp withers

In Jordan, a Syrian refugee camp withers

ZAATARI, Jordan, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Mohammad Othman’s bicycle route through the marketplace in the Syrian refugee camp of Zaatari was once a struggle against a tide of people.

Now it’s an easy ride. So many residents have left for the West, or been forced back to Syria by Jordanian authorities, that Zaatari, once the fastest-growing refugee camp in the Middle East, has gone quiet.

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