School opened in al-Tanf camp

UNRWA has opened a tented school for some 90 children at al-Tanf camp in the no-man's land between Iraq and Syria. The children are among 354 Palestinians who have been stranded at the border for nine months. The school's eight teachers are drawn from among the refugees themselves and underwent a week-long training course in Damascus last month. UNRWA's Syria director Panos Moumtzis called for a long-term solution: "International support is needed to find a solution for Palestinians from Iraq. They are facing a harsh winter in the desert." (AFP report)