Tag: Angelina Jolie

  • Where in the world is Angelina Jolie?

    Where in the world is Angelina Jolie?

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    Football watching and frolicking in the fall weather on Saturday is for mortals.

    For Angelina Jolie, Saturday is all business.

    She took a trip to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. As a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie advocates for refugees around the world. On Friday, she told the Associated Press that with winter approaching, she’s concerned about the plight of hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee their homes.

    Later Saturday, Jolie planned to fly to Irbil to meet Kurdish officials and will visit a Syrian refugee camp. According to CNN, Jolie has recently visited refugee camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan to highlight suffering and the need for international humanitarian assistance.

    Brad Pitt, meanwhile, will soon begin promoting his latest film, Killing Them Softly, which is out Nov. 30.

    via Where in the world is Angelina Jolie?.

  • Jolie visits Syrian refugees in Turkey

    ISTANBUL (AP) — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie met with Syrian refugees in Turkey on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of the hundreds of thousands who have fled their nation’s civil war.

    The trip by Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, comes as Turkey grows increasingly concerned that the number of registered Syrian refugees on its soil — about 80,000 — is becoming difficult to manage.

    Turkey has also been frustrated in attempts to persuade the international community to help set up safe havens for Syrian civilians inside Syria.

    Jolie and Antonio Guterres, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, met privately with refugees at two camps near the Syrian border. Jolie’s two-day itinerary in Turkey was also to include a stop in Ankara, the capital, for talks with officials including President Abdullah Gul.

    Jolie said the refugees had told her they were grateful to Turkey for its help. “And they are very, very emotional and very deeply saddened by the situation in Syria and very concerned about their families and their friends in their country,” the actress said.

    Earlier this week, Jolie and Guterres visited Syrian refugees in Jordan, which is also sheltering those who have fled the 18-month-long conflict in neighboring Syria. Guterres said the sheer number of refugees is taking a toll on Jordan’s economy and resources.

    The U.N. refugee agency has said the number of Syrian refugees seeking its help now tops a quarter-million — and could be far higher. Activists estimate some 23,000 people have been killed in the bloodshed in Syria since March 2011.

    Turkey, which supports the Syrian opposition in its fight against President Bashar Assad’s regime, has maintained what it calls an “open door” policy for Syrians fleeing the violence. Turkey has spent more than $300 million on the refugee crisis and is building three new camps, raising the total number of camps to 14.

    Several thousand Syrians have been stranded on the Syrian side of the border this month, barred from entering Turkey while they await transfer to the new camps.

    via Jolie visits Syrian refugees in Turkey – SFGate.

  • Angelina Jolie Vogue Turkey Cover

    Angelina Jolie Vogue Turkey Cover

    Angelina Jolie Vogue Turkey Cover

    Posted on February 29, 2012 12:39PM by Allie Merriam

    Angelina Jolie is on the cover of Vogue Turkey’s new issue, in a spread shot by photographers Mert & Marcus. It’s a fitting issue for them to shoot, as Mert was born in Turkey. Angelina posed for the international magazine as her movie In the Land of Blood and Honey opens across Europe — it actually opened in Turkey last Friday. Angelina, however, has been at home in LA for the past few weeks. In what’s now become one of the Oscars’ most talked-about moments, Angelina Jolie’s leg was on prominent display when she presented a statue at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The press over her prominent limb hasn’t slowed down Angelina, though. Angelina and Brad Pitt celebrated after the show at George Clooney’s party, and on Monday, she and Brad’s mom Jane took Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt out in LA.

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  • Angelina Jolie-mania hits South-Central Turkey

    Angelina Jolie-mania hits South-Central Turkey

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    16 June 2011 | The tourist industry of the remote Turkish province of Hatai lived through a sudden boom, when crowds of Turks filled up all the hotels in the area.

    According to the private TV Channel CNN-Turk the guests influx is due to the expected visit of Angelina Jolie.

    The Hollywood star is an UN good will ambassador and is expected to pay visit to the area, bordering Syria. There she is supposed to visit the refugee camp of Yayladagi, where over 9000 Syrians, fleeing repressions in their homeland, have found shelter.

    via Balkan Travellers – Angelina Jolie-mania hits South-Central Turkey.

  • ANGELINA Jolie to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey

    ANGELINA Jolie to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey

    ANGELINA Jolie will meet Friday with Syrian refugees in southern Turkey during a tour of camps set up on the border to house some 8,500 Syrians.

    ANGELINA JolieThe Syrian refugees fled a violent government crackdown on the country’s pro-democracy movement.

    Jolie’s visit was confirmed Thursday by Selcuk Unal, a spokesman for Turkey’s foreign ministry, who told AFP that “Ms. Jolie will visit Hatay province on Friday after traveling from Istanbul.”

    Turkish newspaper the Hurriyet Daily News reported Wednesday that the Hollywood star submitted an application to the Turkish authorities for permission to visit the refugee camps on the border.

    Jolie was said to be keen to meet some of the Syrians who fled to Turkey to escape the crackdown on Syria’s anti-government uprising.

    Many of the refugees are staying in three camps in Hataya province and come from the Syrian town of Jisr al Shughur, some 25 miles from the Turkish border and the scene of a major army operation.

    Foreign ministry sources confirmed to the Hurriyet Daily News that the application to visit the refugees was made Tuesday on Jolie’s behalf.

    She is a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and known for her humanitarian activities.

    In April, she traveled to Tunisia during its refugee crisis as thousands fled from its war-torn neighbor, Libya.

    via ANGELINA Jolie to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey | Ya Libnan | World News Live from Lebanon.

  • Turkey: Jolie can visit Syrian refugees

    Turkey: Jolie can visit Syrian refugees

    By: The Associated Press 06/15/11 3:11 AM

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    jolieTurkey says Angelina Jolie can visit Syrian refugees who have fled violence and are camped out on the Turkish side of the border.

    Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal said Wednesday the Hollywood celebrity and goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees might arrive in Turkey on Friday, but that the date remains uncertain.

    Unal said Turkey granted permission to visit after assessing an application submitted on Jolie’s behalf.

    At least 8,000 Syrians have fled to Turkey to escape a crackdown on an anti-government uprising.

    In April, Jolie traveled to Tunisia during its refugee crisis as thousands fled from its war-torn neighbor, Libya.

    via Turkey: Jolie can visit Syrian refugees | The Associated Press | News | Washington Examiner.