(The Independent)- Almost every athlete at the 2016 Olympic Games will have an interesting backstory, but Yusra Mardini's is more extraordinary than most.  Mardini is in Rio to represent a team of 10 refugee Olympic athletes. While any other 18-year-old’s biggest achievements may be...

A Syrian group said on Thursday it had the bodies of five people shot down in a Russian helicopter and demanded the release of prisoners in exchange for the corpses. The Russian military helicopter was downed in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Monday, killing all five people on board in...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Revolt erupted early Thursday in Sweida central prison in southern Syria as inmates protested against an execution sentence to conduct against their fellows, source said. The mutiny started when the regime forces stormed inside the prison to take 4...

If Mustafa had known what it would be like living in a refugee camp in the Greek capital, he would never have left Syria. Four months of living in a broken tent by Athens' Pireaus harbor, waiting for his asylum claim to be processed has caused Mustafa to bitterly regret his decision to leave...