Community activists say refugees face harassment over their presumed support for ousted president's Muslim Brotherhood Syrian refugees in  Egypt  are bearing the brunt of a sudden wave of xenophobia, in one of the more unexpected side effects  of the removal  of...

  Shiite families have raised as sincere ally for the Assad regime, where most of them were involved in fighting alongside Assad troops in the predominantly Shiite villages of Aleppo and other areas. Berri family, mainly based in Bab-Alnirab and Alsalihin neighborhoods of...

  Civil war in  Syria  has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government's share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held  farming  areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more...

Fleeing the civil war in their home country, Syria’s female refugees are struggling with domestic violence and being exploited and harassed for sex by aid workers and strangers alike. Jamie Dettmer reports from Lebanon. They have escaped one war only to find themselves as casualties and...