07 Jan 2015

Syrian conflict killed 76,021 people in 2014

The Syrian conflict claimed the lives of 76,021 people in 2014, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for […]

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07 Jan 2015

New Lebanese restrictions on Syrian refugees

The UN wants the government to clarify whether the “most vulnerable refugees” can still gain access to Lebanon. Travel between […]

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07 Jan 2015

Lebanon implements new controls at Syrian border

Lebanon enforced new immigration controls at the Syrian border on Monday in a move to gain control of the steady […]

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07 Jan 2015

New Visa Requirement For Syrians Entering Lebanon

Syrians will soon need visas to cross into Lebanon, amid the world’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. Neighboring […]

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07 Jan 2015

U.N. appeals for $8.4 billion for humanitarian relief to Syrians

The United Nations launched its biggest ever humanitarian appeal for Syria on Thursday, seeking $8.4 billion after only securing about […]

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07 Jan 2015

smugglers earned £2m from piloting second abandoned ship to Italy

A Syrian refugee who piloted more than 700 illegal migrants on the Italian ‘Ghost Ship’ has claimed a trafficking gang […]

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07 Jan 2015

More help for Syrian refugees

The UAE has played a remarkable role thus far in helping Syria’s harried refugees. From 2012 to June 2014, humanitarian […]

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07 Jan 2015

How can you help syrian refugees in Turkey

Regardless of whether we live off a modest English language teacher’s wage, have acquired a holiday apartment on these shores […]

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06 Jan 2015

Syrian refugees settle in to U.S. after unsettling upheaval

Khaled Smaisem’s nightmare began with a phone call — his own. Details of a private conversation the former Syrian journalist […]

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