(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) “We were packed like sardines in a van, but our good luck saved us from imminent death when a police trap stopped the van",a Palestinian refugee from Yarmouk camp described his adventure in the way between Greece and Serbia. The...

(Syria Comment)- The Syrian Islamist group known as Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement, which is one of the biggest armed groups in the country, has elected a new leader: Abu Yahia al-Hamawi. Founded in 2011, Ahrar al-Sham was first led by Hassane Abboud, who also used the alias Abu Abdullah...

One million more people will be displaced within Syria by the end of the year if the war there continues unabated, potentially adding to the flow of refugees to Europe, a senior U.N. official said. Yacoub El Hillo, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria, said the conflict...

Some 30,000 people joined a rally in Copenhagen Saturday in favor of taking in thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, police said. "Everything is taking place in a calm and orderly way," said a post on the official Twitter feed of Copenhagen police, indicating that roughly 30,000...