Erdogan mulls giant ‘refugee city’ in north Syria

He said that the city would be 4,500 square kilometers in area and its infrastructure could be built in cooperation with the international community

Canada fulfills promise to take in Syrian refugees

Canada vowed to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees under a program run jointly with the UNHCR

Underwater museum spotlights Syrian refugee crisis

British artist Jason deCaires Taylor created the sculpture museum at the bottom of the Atlantic off the coast of Lanzarote

Cheap loans proposed to ease aid gap in Syria refugee crisis

The closed-door meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman came a week before an annual Syria aid conference

Canada set to airlift in first group of Syrian refugees

The first of 25,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in Canada will arrive in the country on Thursday, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Syrian refugee crisis a precursor to more population upheavals

Canadian panel hears how factors such as climate change could spell more mass migration

Gum and Roses: Syrian refugee children in sales, not schools

The consequences on children missing education include lack of self-control, self-esteem or confidence to socialize

Anti-migrant rhetoric can be deadly, warns U.N.

U.N. Human Rights Commissioner slams politicians who use derogatory language about refugees and migrants

Aid groups say funds for Syrian refugees ‘dangerously low’

The groups said Thursday that just $1 billion out of $4.5 billion pledged for 2015 has been received

U.S. to resettle more Syrian refugees in the near future

The U.S. has received 648 Syrian refugees since the crisis began in 2011

Syria’s neighbors are suffering refugee fatigue

Syria’s neighboring states are reaching the point of refugee fatigue

Arsal clashes hit Syria refugee camp

Syrians inspect the rubble at a refugee camp that was burnt during clashes with jihadists on August 9, 2014 in the eastern Lebanese town of Arsal, on ...

Analysts: Jordan’s Syria position unchanged despite diplomatic escalation

Jordan is home to more than 600,000 Syrian refugees, and has a long border with its northern neighbor

Celebrities petition the U.N. for civilian safety in Syria

Some 30 celebrities have petitioned the U.N. demanding they take action to protect civilians, notably Palestinian refugees

The normalization of Syria’s tragedy

If I were asked to highlight some of the many images that have come out of Syria in recent days, there are three that immediately come to mind. First ...

Syrians flee Homs

Charities pledge $400 million to Syria aid

An international donor conference to be held in Kuwait aims to help the U.N. raise $6.5 billion for Syria

One new Syrian refugee ‘born every hour’

Since the start of the conflict almost three years ago, more than 21,000 Syrian babies have been born as refugees

When governments obstruct charity work

We are confronting a horrible Syrian tragedy at a time when we neither short of money nor the ability to help

One night only: charity event in Dubai raises $1 mln for Syria children

International stars Mark Ruffalo, Rooney Mara and Naomie Harris led the red carpet walk of the “One Night to Change Lives” charity event in Dubai

For Syrian refugees in Domiz, Kurdish is one of few comforts

Amid the small stores and shisha cafes of Domiz, the Kurdish language thrives

Syrian refugees smile despite heavy snowfall

A Syrian-Kurdish refugee wedding

Syrian-Kurdish refugees celebrate their wedding at a refugee camp in northern Iraq.

Children dying in Syria’s ‘town of the starving,’ resident tells Amnesty

Living conditions are getting tougher for Syrian children of Moadamiya al-Sham

Palestinians lose more than most in Syrian exodus

Palestinians Mahmoud and Ahmed fled Syria last month for Egypt, where they paid smugglers to bring them to Europe. Once at sea, they were robbed at ...

Jordan says will ‘take measures’ if Syrian refugee crisis not resolved

Jordan will “take measures” to protect its interests if the Syrian refugee crisis is not resolved, King Abdullah II said on Sunday in ...

Lebanon auctions $1.3 million worth of art for Syrian refugee children

An estimated $1.3 million worth of art from more than 130 artists, mostly from Syria and Lebanon, is being auctioned at below-gallery prices in Beirut ...

Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 600,000

The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has exceeded 600,000 and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the Turkish disaster ...

Flesh-eating parasites, polio outbreak emerging across Syria

Polio and the flesh-eating parasite, leishmaniasis, are among diseases that are suspected to be flaring up in Syria, the World Health Organization ...

The least that can be done for Syrians

The suffering of the Syrian people from displacement and starvation is beyond imagination. More than five million Syrians, inside the country and ...