At least 270 Syrian families have left a north Lebanon town, as hostility towards them mounted over a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian national, the UN refugee agency said Friday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees condemned "collective reprisals...

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to exclude criminal offenders from Syria from a general stop of deportations that applies to the war torn country, a spokeswoman for the ministry said on Friday. Seehofer aims to replace the existing rule by individual checks when criminal...

Millions of displaced people across northern Syria will need assistance during a winter that is expected to be "incredibly hard", according to the United Nation's acting deputy emergency relief coordinator. Speaking at the online UN Security Council meeting yesterday, Ramesh Rajasingham,...

A fourth session of the constitutional committee will begin on Monday in Geneva to hammer out the roots of the basic laws for a peaceful Syria, the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria said Thursday. "As the Deputy Special Envoy informed the Security Council, plans are being finalized...