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Greece arrests prominent Syrian activist

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Greek authorities arrested last week a prominent Syrian activist was trying to cross to Europe illegally. Activist Abdel Rahman Ezzeddine, known as "Abu Humam Ristnawi" was, as thousands of Syrian migrants, trying to reach Norway through Greece that...

Danish citizenship handshake law comes into effect

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As Denmark requires anyone who takes Danish citizenship to shake hands at the naturalization ceremony, Syrian refugees from conservative religious ground find the law an abuse for their freedom and similar to Niqab ban law in some EU countries.  Denish lawmakers...

Most Syrian refugees in Lebanon now destitute, study finds

Syrian refugee Mohammed surveys the fields of bright red strawberries visible beneath their protective plastic tunnels, which offer the promise of work, but soon they will all be gone. Since fleeing war in Syria three years ago, the 38-year-old and his family of eight have lived...