Results for
syrian refugees
542 Results-
Syrian refugee in Lebanon sets himself on fire over dire economy amid coronavirus
A Syrian refugee in Lebanon lit himself on fire outside his house over the increasingly desperate economic situation in the country, one that many ... Features -
EU envoy sets off for Turkey for Syrian refugee talks
The European Union’s top diplomat and its crisis-management chief set off for Turkey on Tuesday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he ... Middle East -
Jordan in pact with IMF for $1.3 bln 4-year aid package
Jordanian officials reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a $1.3 billion, four-year aid program to help authorities stabilize ... Economy -
Turkish official says EU should boost funding of Syrian refugees
The European Union should spend more than the 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) already allotted to fund Syrian refugees in Turkey, and speed up the flow ... Middle East -
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home
Hundreds of Syrian refugees have headed home in the first batch to leave Lebanon since protests broke out in more than a month ago.Since the early ... Middle East -
UN to ‘study’ Erdogan’s Syrian refugees scheme
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday that the UN will study Ankara’s plans to repatriate ... Middle East -
Syria’s Rukban camp dwindles after five-month Russian siege: Aid workers
The population of Rukban camp in a US-protected desert zone in southeast Syria has dwindled to a quarter of the more than 40,000 who lived there five ... Features -
Wave of fear hits Syrians as Turkey announces new measures for refugees
“I’ve had enough fear in Syria, and now it’s all coming back to me. I just can’t be sent back,” Hadi, a Syrian refugee ... Features -
Syrians, facing orders to demolish homes, fear fate in Lebanon
Dima al-Kanj’s house is now a pile of rubble and twisted metal. It was just a concrete hut near the Lebanese border, but she had spent five ... Features -
Syrian refugee in US arrested for plotting church attack
A Syrian refugee in the US was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of planning an attack against a Pennsylvania church in the name of ISIS extremist group ... Middle East -
Tension forces evacuation of Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon
Dozens of Syrian refugees dismantled their tents, filled trucks with belongings and left a camp they lived in for years in eastern Lebanon on Sunday ... Middle East -
Germany halts processing some Syrian asylum applications, says report
Germany has stopped processing some applications for asylum by Syrian refugees, pending a new assessment of the security situation in the war-torn ... World News -
In Syria’s desperate al-Hol camp, a market bustles
Plump fruits, bright slushies, and hair dye – the colorful market in al-Hol is an unlikely sight in a Syrian camp overflowing with desperate ... Features -
Seven children from same family die in Canada house fire
Seven children from a family said to be Syrian refugees lost their lives early Tuesday in a fire that swept through their house in the Canadian city ... World News -
Empathy ‘frozen’: Storm sweeps Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon
“What’s more frozen, refugee camps or humanity?” That is the recurring question you find being asked in the past week on social ... Features -
Turkey says almost 300,000 Syrians have gone home
Nearly 300,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since two Turkish military operations in the war-ravaged nation, the Turkish interior minister said ... Middle East -
UN launches aid delivery from Jordan to 650,000 Syrians
The United Nations said Sunday it began delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing with Jordan, which ... Middle East -
Another Syrian refugee falls victim to crime in Turkey
Some Turkish cities, especially those on the Syrian border, are no longer safe for the thousands of Syrian refugees coming into the country. In cases ... Features -
From Beirut to Babbila, Syrian refugee family returns home
They are among several thousand Syrians who have made an emotional journey home from Lebanon, where they sought safety from the war that has ravaged ... Reports -
Child drowns after boat carrying Syrian refugees sinks off Lebanon
A boat with around three dozen Syrian refugees on board sank off the coast of Lebanon on Saturday and most were rescued by the Lebanese army but at ... Middle East -
Syrian migrant subjected to xenophobic attack in Germany
Three attackers badly beat a 20-year old Syrian migrant in an eastern German town late on Wednesday, police said, after a stabbing case that triggered ... World News -
Jordan says it cannot host more Syria refugees, backs their voluntary return home
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary ... Middle East -
First new steps for 8-year-old Syrian girl who used tin cans for legs
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and ... Features -
Smuggler accused of killing 17, after fooling victims into Turkey escape
Residents of the Syrian town of Darkush, northwest of Idlib along the Syrian-Turkish borders, found the bodies of civilians who were shot dead on ... Middle East -
Nasrallah’s message to Yemen’s Houthi leaders: ‘I wish I could fight with you’
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has announced his desire to fight alongside the Houthi militia in Yemen during a televised speech on Friday, in ... Features -
Jordan says unable to host new wave of Syria refugees
Jordan said Sunday it would be unable to host a new wave of Syrian refugees, as troops loyal to Damascus prepare an offensive for the war-torn ... Middle East -
Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the policy of escapism
The issue of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is a pressing issue for the economy and public institutions that provide services. Furthermore, the presence ... Middle East -
Merkel in Beirut: Syria must be more secure before refugees return
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday on a visit to Lebanon that conditions in Syria are not yet right for refugees to return, an issue which ... Middle East -
Syrian refugees earn money recycling waste in Jordan
Global organization Action Against Hunger provides temporary work permits to Syrian refugees in Jordan, allowing them to create products using ... Features -
Lebanon tells Syria development law could hinder refugees’ return
Lebanon expressed concern to Syria on Saturday over a new law aimed at redeveloping areas devastated by seven years of war, saying the initiative ... Middle East