Among the athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics are six members of the refugee team. One of them is Syrian kayaker Anas Al Khalifa. DW's Ben Bathke heard his extraordinary and moving story in Germany before he flew to Japan. On a warm and sunny August day, Anas Al Khalifa is training with his...

An 8-year-old Syrian girl was left behind at the police station in the Dutch town of Hoofddorp on Thursday morning.  She walked into the building and grabbed a copy of her passport from her backpack at the counter. The police immediately called in an interpreter and...

Cyprus on Monday sent 88 Syrian migrants back to Lebanon after they tried to reach the eastern Mediterranean island nation on two boats. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told The Associated Press that rescue crews continue to search for one of five men who jumped overboard after police vessels...

Police in Turkey on Thursday detained 76 people in connection with attacks on homes and businesses believed to be owned by Syrians after a Turkish teenager was killed in a fight with a group of refugees from Syria. A hundreds-strong mob took to the streets of the capital Ankara’s...