There were hardly any Syrian migrants among the 800 people rescued off Sicily, contrary to earlier reports from Italy's coastguard, the U.N. and the International Organization for Migration have confirmed. The coastguard had said Thursday that half of the 342 migrants they had picked up were...

Translation  by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Iraqi refugees fleeing Nineveh asked to be allowed to cross to north of Iraq regions due to difficult humanitarian conditions in al-Haul camp in Hasaka province, local sources said. Hundreds of Iraqi families suffer terrible conditions at...

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...