Our correspondent says new arrivals at the main Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan are issued with four blankets each and every family is given a tent.

BBC: Middle East

Comparing the new year to a journey, he prayed that it "may lead on a path to peace for every person and every family, for each country and for the whole world".

BBC: Pope's new year address deplores rampant capitalism

Obviously we can't bring back your friends that were lost, and I know that each and every one of you not only grieve for them, but have also over the last 10 years dealt with their family, their children, trying to give them comfort, trying to give them support.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Meets with Firefighters in New York