Yusra Mardini, the teenager who braved a Mediterranean crossing in a leaky dinghy fleeing war-torn Syria, won her 100m butterfly heat in Rio Saturday to launch an "amazing" Olympic experience. "Everything was amazing. It was the only thing I ever wanted was to compete in the Olympics," said...

A Syrian refugee was crowned "wine queen" in Germany, snatching the traditional annual honour title from local young women of wine-growing families. Twenty-six-year-old Ninorta Bahno was chosen by locals in the Mosel region to counter growing resentment against refugees in the country, which...

Reporting by Orwa al-Sousi (Eqtsad)- Hatay Province south of Turkey announced last Tuesday opening the center of Turkish teacher residence in Jumhuriyat street in Hatay for university degree-holding Syrians and resident in Hatay province. Taher Riju, manager of Syrian Association for Refugee...

 The United States has resettled 8,000 Syrian refugees inside U.S. borders since October, Anne Richard, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, told reporters on Friday. The United States is on track to meet President Barack Obama's goal to...