Italy's coastguard said it helped rescue 801 migrants from two boats off western Sicily on Thursday, including many Syrians, amid signs that refugees from the Middle East are increasingly shunning the Greek route into Europe. More than a million migrants, many from Syria, have entered Europe...

Writing by Abdul Hafiz al-Houlani; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Mariam al-Mosetif, 43, a stepmother of 3 with special need, whom she treats with all love and tenderness in the Lebanese Arsal camp, as if they her own offspring. The three of her stepsons of her husband who is16...

Turkish border guards have beaten and shot Syrians trying to reach Turkey, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, as fighting in the border province of Aleppo intensifies threatening to force more people to flee. HRW said in a report based on interviews with victims, witnesses and Syrian...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hassan Mohammad Shaayto, Mukhtar of the town of Ainata in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, died from a heart attack on Sunday after he won against his opponent Abdul Karim Harmoush. The elections were held in the Lebanese capital Beirut and the area of Bekaa...