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100s Leave Besieged Rukban Camp Amid Russian Pressure

Hundreds of residents have finally left the Rukban camp for displaced persons in southeast Syria, amid a months-long Assad regime siege and Russian pressure. A local aid worker and citizen journalist Omar al-Homsi said about 500 people left on April 4 for regime territory. Another 400 departed...

Turkish coast guard saves Syrian child as mother dies

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish Coast Guard rescued an unidentified child after a boat’s drown.  The child was traveling with his family to the Mytilene Greek Island and was taken to a Turkish hospital. Amer Abu Taim, an activist who works as a driver in Izmir and helps...

Dozens of Syrians make their way home from Lebanon

  At least dozens of Syrian refugees returned to their home country Monday in the latest in a series of voluntary returns organized by Lebanese General Security. Syrian state-run media agency SANA reported Monday afternoon that groups of refugees had crossed the border into Syria...

Syrian Refugees: “Auntie Amal” success story in Canada

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian refugee Amal Kanafani was grateful to the Canadian people for helping her and her sick mother, so she wished to return the favor after the death of her mother, and to be an inspiring humanitarian for other refugee women. She engaged in voluntary work and social...