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• Amnesty International - Syria
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Syrian Arab Rep
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Syria
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Syria
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Syria
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Syria
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Syria
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Syrian Arab Republic
• ReliefWeb - Syrian Arab Republic (the)
• Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC)
• UNHCR - Syrian Arab Republic
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Syrian Arab Republic
• United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
• United States Department of State - Syria
• Women's Learning Partnership - Claiming Equal Citizenship
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Syria
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Syrian Arab Republic