ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) — Salam Ashara and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected the civil war in their country to rage for years with no signs of relenting and create the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The Asharas were among the first families to...

Human Rights Watch Monday urged the EU to evaluate Syrian refugees' protection claims before returning them to Turkey citing a lack of refugee rights. It said in a statement released for World Refugee Day that refugees in Turkey lacked access to jobs, education and health care. "It is hardly...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Refugees in the countryside of Austria enjoy the atmosphere of the Holy month of Ramadan as if they are in their own country.  In a small Austrian village called Berlsleg, the Turkish community always organise a collective Iftar in the mosque,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 Syrian civilians, including 4 children, killed early Sunday by Turkish border guards near in the town of Kharbet al-Juz in Idlib province as they were illegally crossing the border, eye-witnesses said. Witnesses told Zaman al-Wasl that 4 children and 2 women were...