Syrian Refugees

Red Cross rescues 500 Syrian refugees from flooded camp

The Lebanese Red Cross rescued more than 500 people from Akkar’s Semmaqieh refugee settlement Monday after their tents filled with floodwater as storm Norma battered Lebanon with fierce winds, heavy snow and rainfall. Red Cross vehicles transferred the 100 Syrian families to other settlements...

Nearly 295,000 Syrians return home from Turkey in 2018

Nearly 295,000 Syrians, who fled the civil war in their country, have returned to home from Turkey in 2018, according to Turkish Interior Ministry on Saturday. Turkey’s Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations in northwestern Syria liberated the region of YPG/PKK and Daesh...