Russia Friday halted the deportation of three Syrian asylum seekers to Damascus in a last-minute reprieve after an outcry from rights groups including Amnesty International, activists said. Officials Thursday had escorted the three men from war-ravaged Aleppo to Moscow's Vnukovo airport and...
NATO allies have agreed to a plan for their ships in the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece counter criminal networks smuggling refugees into Europe, NATO's chief said on Thursday, overcoming territorial sensitivities between Greece and Turkey. After late night talks in...
Turkey and Germany signed Tuesday joint declarations of intent on bilateral cooperation regarding the fight against migrant smuggling and against terror. The deputy undersecretary of the Turkish Interior Ministry Mehmet Tekinarslan and the German ambassador in Turkey Martin Erdmann signed the...
A Saudi group has sent 21 trucks of humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees seeking shelter in southern Turkey. Speaking to Anadolu Agency at the entrance of Elbeyli Refugee Camp, the head of the Saudi National Campaign for Support Brothers in Syria office in Turkey, Khaled al-Salama, said they...