( The New Arab )- Five extended comic strips by different artists have been published as part of a project to give the wider public an insight into the severe and unforgiving lives of Syrian refugees living across Lebanon. "Meantime", the name given to the collection by French NGO...

( The New Arab )- Zouzfana, a Syrian baby girl, was born on Sunday night along the Algerian-Moroccan border near Mount Tagla in cruel weather conditions, with temperatures nigh on 40 degrees Celsius. The mother went into a sudden labour immediately after she was brought to the border region....

( Al-Arabiya )- The UN refugee agency on Thursday chose as a goodwill ambassador a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer. Yusra Mardini joined other notables like actress Cate Blanchett and author Khaled Hosseini in the unpaid...

( Al-Monitor )- At the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Syrian artists are using their paintbrushes to break up the monotony of the desert. They splash the container houses of Syrian refugees with flowers and trees that the desert climate does not support, with the hope of alleviating a little...