One member of the group, however, told The Times of Israel the trip was an “extremely normal” family vacation to the group’s ancestral home. “There’s a lot to see in Syria. For me ...

Once a flourishing vacation destination, the population of Scotland's Isle of Bute has shrunk and its economy withered. But the arrival of 24 Syrian families is contributing to an atmosphere of ...

Since the fall of Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad last December ... Minister Joachim Herrmann described the proposed visits as “vacation trips under the guise of fact-finding trips”.