The European Union Sunday said it was allocating an extra 28 million euros to Jordan to help it meet the urgent needs of Syrian refugees as winter sets in. EU humanitarian affairs commissioner Christos Stylianides made the announcement during a visit to the Zaatari camp in northern Jordan...

The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 533 refugees and found four bodies in the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said Sunday. The refugees were found aboard boats off Turkey’s western coasts of Izmir, Aydin, Mugla, and Canakkale, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel groups led by Nusra Front have recaptured a ground from regime troops and their allies in the northern and southern countryside of Aleppo, as fighting still underway, rebel commander told Zaman Al Wasl Sunday. Rebels and Nusra Fighters have recaptured al Hwayiz,...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Istanbul/Zaman Al Wasl- In mid-September 2012, Venus, the 17-year old girl, was arrested by the Political Security Branch after her neighbor report to the branch about her activities and her defected father. Her father defected from the Syrian...