The German government expects 500,000 refugees to come to Germany this year, German newspaper Rheinische Post cited sources from the Federal Labor Office as saying. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told Frank-Juergen Weise, head of both the Federal Office for...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Regime forces in the city of Deir Ezzor have started moving some families of police forces and officers on planes to Damascus and the coastal region while it prevented other people from leaving areas under its control. An activist explained...

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged three Syrians with attempting to join Islamic State militant group after border patrols arrested them as they tried to enter Turkey from Bulgaria, the interior ministry said on Monday. The three Syrians, who had refugee status from Germany, had...

 Austria announced Monday it will place six nations including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia on its list of "safe countries of origin", as it seeks to curb the number of economic migrants. The decision, which will also see Georgia, Ghana and Mongolia added to the list, was taken after the...