The number of foreigners living in Germany increased by 1.8% last year, the lowest rate in a decade, according to official figures released Monday. The Federal Statistical Office said the foreign-born population rose by about 204,000 to 11.4 million, in a year when Germany and other...

 Four Syrian people, two women and two children, have frozen to death in a border region between Syria and Lebanon while they were trying to reach Lebanon illegally, Lebanese media outlets said Friday. The four victims were left behind by Lebanese smugglers in...

A report by Amnesty International has documented alleged violations committed by mostly Lebanese military intelligence against Syrian detainees including fair trial violations, as well as torture. Detainees described being beaten with metal sticks, electric cables and plastic pipes as...

Hassan Suleiman Al-Khater, Syrian refugee in Germany, has won a membership in the Foreigners' Advisory Council, Ausländerbeirat, in the city of Kassel. Al-Khater, originally from the city of Al-Mayadin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, moved to Germany as a refugee in mid-2015 and...