Syrian Refugees

German police raid homes of Syrian traffickers

The German "Welt" newspaper reported that the police raided the residential neighborhoods of three suspected Syrian smugglers in the Wittenberg region of Germany. Investigators accuse the men, aged 21, 28 and 42, of illegally transporting people from Syria to Germany several times, the...

Turkey aims for one million refugees to return to Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Ankara was aiming to encourage one million Syrian refugees to return to their country by building them housing and local infrastructure there. Turkey is today home to more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees, who fled after a civil war...