GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday it's giving its highest award to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million refugees — mostly from Syria — into Germany, despite some criticism both at home and abroad. Matthew Saltmarsh,...

The 15-year-old Syrian child, Muhammed Najm, made headlines in 2018, and drew the world's attention through his coverage of the war, siege and destruction that is taking place around him in Ghouta Suburbs, the eastern enclave of the capital, Damascus, using only a phone camera to record clips...

A human rights group has documented the names and data of more than 6,000 Palestinian refugees who have been subjected to physical abuse since the revolution erupted in March 2011. The Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria said in a report on the occasion of the "International Day of...

BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said the vessel was carrying grain stolen by Russia and urged Lebanese officials to impound the ship. Moscow called the allegation “false and baseless,” and Lebanon’s prosecutor general...