The European Parliament’s budgetary committee on Wednesday approved a proposal on supporting Syrian refugees in Turkey with an additional €485 million ($545 million).   On June 3, the European Commission proposed to top up humanitarian aid for refugees and host communities in...

Just last year, President Bashar al-Assad seemed on the brink of crowning military victories by easing his diplomatic isolation and recovering more of Syria without a bullet being fired. Not only had US-allied Kurds invited government forces back to the northeast, but businessmen from the...

Syria's war along with the COVID-19 virus has pushed hundreds of thousands of refugees deeper into need, the World Food Program said Tuesday. “Most have fled to neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt and these five countries alone host more than 5.5 million Syrians, the...

Lebanon's economic crisis has led to a collapse of the local currency and purchasing power, plunging whole segments of society into poverty as exemplified by near-empty fridges in many households. Earlier this year, Lebanon defaulted on its debt and, while the peg to the dollar remains...