After Assad fled to Russia, Abu Tarek and other internally displaced people suddenly had new freedom to move about the country. He had been restricted to an area of about 50 kilometers during the ...

Syria, eager for refugees to return, hosted a Russian-backed conference last month to discuss the matter. Officials from Iraq and Lebanon were among the attendees, though many Western and regional ...

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N.-backed plan providing financial incentives, after Syria's new rulers said ...

It’s not possible to stay for hundreds of years as refugees; we need a just solution,” says a Palestinian from Yarmouk.

A Syrian family pumps water after heavy rain at a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. (Bilal Hussein/AP) In July, a Russian strategy was introduced to facilitate the ...

Fleeing Syria, these child refugees become child laborers In Turkey, thousands of refugee children are toiling in low-paying jobs to help their families survive. Xunava, 16, and her family escaped ...

Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. On Monday, Germany and Austria said they were ...

Syrian children play with a ball at a makeshift settlement for Syrian refugees in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa valley, March 15. Last summer, the number of displaced people topped 50 million for the ...

SYRIAN REFUGEE INJURIES 4 CHILDREN, ADULT IN KNIFE ATTACK IN FRENCH ALPS TOWN: REPORT. The initial U.S. mission in Syria was to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) and oust President Bashar al-Assad.

Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back home at the end of next week, President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, in a process a security official described as voluntary, despite rights ...

The Syrian civil war has been a tragedy and the U.S. and global community must ensure that this devastation is not further compounded.

Syrian refugees in Turkey are considering whether to return home following the ouster of Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad. But many remain worried about their country's future.