(DW)- By the summer of 2013, documenting human rights abuses had become taboo even in rebel-held territories in Syria. But  Razan Zaitouneh  was steadfast. The prominent human rights lawyer had just fled the capital, Damascus, due to the immense pressure placed on her work by the...

British Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to announce a new pilot five-year visa scheme favouring high-skilled refugees in a move that has been condemned by critics for creating a system that could make it harder for those fleeing dangerous environments from getting a UK work visa. Patel...

A Syrian war monitor and rescue workers reported that Syrian regime shelling has killed at least four people in a village in the last rebel held enclave, despite a cease-fire deal in place since last year The victims in southern Idlib province included two girls and their grandmother....

The PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, has killed two civilians, including one child, and injured another 10 in a rocket attack on northern Syria’s Afrin province on Thursday. “On sad & cruel days like today, no words describe the horrific tragedies civilians face, and the...

Twenty-six more bodies were discovered in rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria, a local Turkish official confirmed on Thursday. "We announced the numbers yesterday, it was 35, but as of the morning, the toll increased to 61 and the excavation work still continues,"Rahmi Dogan, governor...

At least nine civilians were killed, including three children, when Syrian regime rockets hit two villages in the last rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria, rescue workers and a war monitor said Thursday. The Syrian Civil Defense team that operates in opposition areas, known as White...

Syrians are the main beneficiaries of refugee protection in Germany, yet many are still forced to rely on state welfare to survive. New figures show that only around 35% of Syrians of working age are able to make a living. After a decade of conflict in Syria it seems unlikely that the...

 , When Ibrahim Al Hussein fled Syria in 2012 after being wounded by an explosion during his country's civil war, his life was turned upside down. Nearly a decade later, Al Hussein is preparing for his second Paralympic Games in Tokyo and credits swimming with helping him to...

  A fresh rocket fire targeted the largest U.S. base in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, the second attack to hit the facility within 24 hours, according to the state news agency SANA. Smoke was seen rising from the base located in the al-Omar oil field in the...

A Moroccan parliamentary report revealed on Tuesday that 1,659 Moroccans have joined various terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. The report prepared by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Moroccan Parliament seeks to determine the conditions of Moroccans stranded in Syria and Iraq....

The UN Human Rights Council has called for those behind “massive scale” enforced disappearances in Syria during the past 10 years of conflict to be held accountable. The resolution, presented on Tuesday by several European countries, the United States, Turkey and Qatar, decried that...

Syria’s opposition National Coalition on Monday elected Salem al-Muslat as its new president following a two-day meeting in Istanbul.   Al-Muslat, a prominent tribal figure, will replace Naser al-Hariri.    Al-Muslat heads the Syrian Tribal Council in northeastern Syria. He is...

Agaunt old man extends his arms in excitement as a young woman runs toward him just outside an airport terminal. This is a common scene in such places where people meet their loved ones, even after brief flights. But the story of Ammar Haidar and his daughter Marwa was different. This was their...

Another child was killed in an attack by the Syrian regime forces in northwestern Idlib province on Monday, while two were injured as the regime continues its violations of a ceasefire struck last year. Regime forces stationed in the Jurin area of northwestern Hama violated the...

A Syrian civilian was killed on Sunday by regime shelling of the Idlib de-escalation zone in northern Syria, according to local sources. Regime forces fired shells at Maghara and al-Bara villages in Idlib, the sources with the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) said. Idlib...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A U.S. citizen and former top aide to Jordan's King Abdullah II alleged he was tortured in Jordanian detention and fears for his life, his U.S.-based lawyer said Sunday, on the eve of a verdict in the high-profile sedition trial linked to a rare public rift in the kingdom's...

 Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Sunday giving hundreds of thousands of civil servants and military members a 50% salary increase amid a harsh economic and financial crisis and price increases for vital products. Assad’s decision came a day after the state doubled the price of...

Fatima Umm Hassan, a displaced Syrian from the town of Kafruma, has four children, two girls and two sons. She lost her husband 10 years ago. She tells MEE: "My husband took my son to Maarat al-Numan to run some errands. The regime then arrested him from there. It was the second month...

"It is a month of grief, I have lost 10 members of my family, including my father, brother and sister," Hasan al-Assi, a father of three from Syria's Idlib, said days after Russian-backed bombardment of his town killed his relatives in a series of attacks since June. The air strikes by...

Daraa al-Balad markets in Syria’s southern province of Daraa are witnessing a shortage in various basic materials and commodities, including medicines, fuel, bread and drinking water, while prices of goods have significantly increased, amid an almost complete power outage due to the siege...