QASTAL MAAF, Syria, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Rifaat Ismail's shoes sink into the ash where olive groves once flourished. Around him, the hills of Beit Awan village lie skeletal -- blackened trunks, hollow ...

The US would allow Kurdish militant leaders in Syria and Turkey to resettle in America if doing so would help support their groups’ transition from armed struggle to civilian life, a top diplomat said ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down ...

"Returning to Syria endangers my family. Human rights groups confirm it isn’t safe," said the father of three children, aged ...

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have issued a strong condemnation of the violence directed at religious and ethnic ...

Across the rich world, politicians of the left and the right decry the dysfunction of the global asylum system. In May the ...

The head of the United Nations’ migration agency has warned that tightening borders while cutting development aid could ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been ...

The German foreign ministry has called to meet with the Chinese ambassador in Berlin after a Chinese warship allegedly ...

While countries neighbouring Syria have already stepped in to help battle the fires, Damascus has also requested support from ...

Greece has begun rejecting asylum applications from certain Syrian nationals, marking a significant shift in policy following ...