Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- “Lighters’ service” a new vocation has been inspired in the besieged town of Moadamiyat al-Sham, which has a good financial return. Adnan, 22, a young man from Moadamiyat al-Sham, has found a new vocation inspired from the severe siege imposed over...

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) — Salam Ashara and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected the civil war in their country to rage for years with no signs of relenting and create the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The Asharas were among the first families to...

 On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a private meeting with Israel's energy minister, Yuval Steinitz. It was the highest level contact between Israel and Turkey since diplomatic relations broke down six years ago...

Human Rights Watch Monday urged the EU to evaluate Syrian refugees' protection claims before returning them to Turkey citing a lack of refugee rights. It said in a statement released for World Refugee Day that refugees in Turkey lacked access to jobs, education and health care. "It is hardly...