An employee of a money transfer service in Syria claimed that the Syrian government has issued a decision banning the sending of remittances to non-Syrians inside the country, a Palestinian organization said on Friday,  Ma’an News Agency said. An employee...

      In a short video, featuring a host of British film stars and musicians, has been released to highlight the plight of children caught up in the Syria conflict, and as a part of UNICEF "Syria Winter Appeal" for the children of Syria. Ewan McGregor, Michael Sheen, Tom...

The number of Syrian refugees in the Middle East will nearly double over the next year to exceed four million, the United Nations said Monday as it launched its appeal for funds. Another 9.3 million people are expected to be in need of aid inside the war-ravaged nation by the end of...

A Syrian toddler died Sunday when a fire ripped through the family tent in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a security official told AFP.   "Mahmud al-Arfan, who was 18 months old, was burned alive when the tent where his family lived caught fire," the official...