SYRACUSE, Sicily — Fifty miles off the southeastern coast of Sicily, the refugee boat first appeared as a gray spot on the horizon, rising up or dipping away with the churn of the Mediterranean. Then, as an Italian Coast Guard rescue ship drew closer, the small boat came fully into...

     Syria’s key opposition group formed an emergency committee to handle the urgent needs of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, according to Zaman Alwasl source. National Coalition discison comes in response to the deteriorating situation in Qalamoun and...

White tents with "The U.N. Refugee Agency" written on them flap in the wind outside the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal. Children run past latrines and water points. In all respects, it is a refugee camp, but you must not call it that, say officials. The site is home to about 350...

Syrian refugee children are paying a cruel price as civil war rips their country apart, the United Nations warned Friday in a report with heart-rending testimony from youngsters driven from their homes. "This is impossible to forget. It's like someone has stabbed me with a knife when I...