Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar Jaafari, the Permanent Representative of the Syrian regime to the United Nations, has been dubbed “the Lion of Geneva Negotiations” by regime loyalist due to his eagerness to defend the Syrian regime and adopting...

More than 2.5 million Syrian refugees are currently living in Turkey, a senior minister said Thursday. Yalcin Akdogan, one of Turkey’s deputy prime ministers, said around 2,541,000 refugees had undergone a biometric registration system and were living in Turkey. Addressing parliament’s...

On New Years Eve in Cologne, Germany, a number of women said they were sexually harassed by a group of men that may have included some asylum seekers. Recent reports though show that Syrian refugees in Cologne helped protect an American woman from organized attacks. Hesham Ahmad Mohammad, 32,...

Germany needs to raise spending on police, education and daycare by at least 5 billion euros ($5.45 billion) to successfully integrate a record number of asylum seekers and avoid social tensions, its deputy government leader said Monday. Europe's most populous country and largest...