UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement by the Emir of Qatar to allocate 50 million dollars to support Syrian refugees and displaced persons affected by the recent severe weather in the Middle East.  Deputy UN Spokesman Farhan Haq told the reporters at the press ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the need for taking every step for return of Syrian refugees to their country. Speaking ahead of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Berlin, Putin said Syria needed assistance to rebuild and to ensure that refugees who had fled ...

Civilians can no longer flee fighting and bombing raids in Syria because borders are so tightly controlled and neighboring countries are overwhelmed by refugees, creating some of the worst suffering in modern times, a top U.N. agency chief said. “The country is becoming a trap, in some places ...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says around three hundred and fifty thousand refugees from Syria will return to their homes in Afrin region. Speaking at Golcuk Naval Shipyard Command in Kocaeli province today, Yildirim said Turkey, with its ongoing Operation Olive Branch, is making important ...

The Trump administration has extended temporary protection for nearly 6,900 Syrians living in the US as war continues to ravage their country. The Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen,said that Protections were set to expire on 31 March, but with the extension will now last at least ...

United Nations says Syrian refugees in Lebanon are more vulnerable than ever, with more than half now living in extreme poverty and over three quarters living below the poverty line. According to a new survey released by UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, Syrian refugees in Lebanon are ...

Frankfurt am Main: German police on Tuesday arrested six Syrian refugees suspected of preparing a terror attack in the name of the Islamic Statemilitant group, prosecutors said.The suspects, aged 20 to 28, were detained in dawn raids that saw some 500 police officers swoop on residences in the ...

CALGARY – A Syrian couple have named their newborn baby in honour of Canada’s prime minister, whose refugee policy allowed them to escape war-torn Syria.Afraa and Muhammad Bilan arrived in Canada in February last year, they were starting a new life in a completely new country.Originally from ...

BRUSSELS: (APP) International donors on Wednesday pledged $6 billion in aid to Syria for 2017, the EU said, at a conference in Brussels overshadowed by a suspected chemical attack on a rebel town. "Our conference is sending a powerful message, we are not letting down the people of Syria," EU ...

UNITED NATIONS: (APP) As a major international conference on Syria gets underway in Brussels, United Nations agencies have warned that a sluggish financial support by member states would put vital assistance for millions of refugees and the communities hosting them at risk. "The situation is ...