Syrian refugees are forcibly displaced persons. They were driven out from their home areas deliberately, following a policy of collective punishment, systematic bombardment and mass murder. Many were forced to migrate from their populated neighbourhoods, after these were turned into...

(Writing by Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) More than 28 months passed since Abdullah al-Khalil, the lawyer and human rights advocate, had been arrested by the Syrian regime security in May 2013. Reports confirmed that al-Khalil was tortured and detained...

ISIS killed 6 Kurdish Democratic Party fighters in northeastern province of Hasakah on Monday, activists said as Kurds and U.S.-led coalition have been intensifying aerial and ground bombardment to expel the hardline group from the north of war-torn country. Mahmoud al-Ahmed, activist, told...

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states. For critics of the Gulf's affluent monarchies the...