AMMAN: The UNHCR has warned of “serious consequences” for refugees in Jordan if no adequate funding is added to its shrinking budget. The UN refugee agency has issued a recent appeal calling for “immediate” assistance after other agencies announced plans to reduce health services and...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday denied Iranian allegations about the transfer of Daesh fighters to the landlocked country from Iraq, Syria and Libya, warning Tehran against raising “false alarms” with regard to Afghanistan. The statement came a day after the Iranian...

LONDON: An independent terrorism legislation reviewer has told the UK to repatriate more British nationals from Syria. Jonathan Hall, who advises the government on counterterrorism laws, also said the threat posed by Shamima Begum, the young Londoner who fled the UK aged 15 to join Daesh in...

Adolescent boys are systematically being separated from their mothers in detention camps in northeast Syria, a UN expert said Friday, warning the practice was causing irreparable harm and violated international law. Fionnuala Ni Aolain said that during a visit to the Kurdish-controlled...