GENEVA, March 12 (UNHCR)  –  As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, the UN refugee agency warned on Thursday that millions of refugees in neighbouring countries and those displaced within the country are caught in deteriorating conditions, facing an even bleaker future...

 Local groups outside the formal aid sector, many formed "around the kitchen table", are helping to fill gaps in the humanitarian response in  Syria , reaching communities big agencies cannot access, a leading think tank said on Friday. Small charities, activists and diaspora...

Aid agencies said on Thursday that 2014 was the worst year of the Syrian conflict so far and that three United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at alleviating the suffering had failed. Syria's crisis started in March 2011 with protests against the government and...

  Turkey has closed two border crossings with Syria as a security precaution as fighting around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensifies, Turkish customs and government officials said on Wednesday. The crossings at Oncupinar and Cilvegozu in Turkey's southern...