Jordan has allowed the UN to organize the passage of some 800 members of the White Helmets civil defense agency for humanitarian reasons, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.  According to a Saturday statement, ministry spokesman Mohamed al-Kayed said Amman responded to a request...

At least 236 undocumented migrants were held across Turkey on Saturday, according to security sources. In the northwestern port city of Canakkale, 91 migrants were rounded up in the Ayvacik district, said a coast guard official, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking...

Claims that Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, among other central cities, will be under Turkey’s control have arisen. Before Syria was ravaged by war, Aleppo hosted a population of 5.5 million people, but 75 percent of the city was emptied in 2013 after the opposition left. Once under...

Khaled’s delicate hands were accustomed to cutting and styling hair in his Syrian hometown Harasta. Now, they’re hauling concrete and sweeping floors in order to repair homes ravaged by years of fighting.Mountains of rubble still block many of the main thoroughfares in Harasta, a town...