A U.N. agency appealed Wednesday to the international community to donate tens of millions of dollars to help improve living conditions for Palestinians in crisis-hit Lebanon. The appeal by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, is asking for an additional $87.5 million is to...

The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've collectively paid to the IOC. That could reach $2 billion when new figures are expected this year....

More than 70 families gathered in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz on Friday to highlight the plight of loved ones missing in the government’s feared jail system. Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, nearly one million people have been detained in the network of prisons and camps...

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria launched an advocacy campaign for the migrant families to reconsider the laws regulating family unification. The campaign comes after a spike in drowning accidents of Syrian and Palestinians fleeing Syria. On December 24, at least 17 people,...