Syrian refugees
Lebanon doesn't meet minimum standard for eliminating human trafficking, US State Dept. finds
Lebanon failed to approve a National Action Plan, provided only fragmented data on trafficking cases and victim identification, and failed to adequately screen potential trafficking victims.
Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times
This Jewish humanitarian is connecting refugees to jobs as a win-win for employers and refugees.
Uncertainty clouds fate of Syrians in Egypt after Assad ouster
Several hundred Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria
Those leaving said they had submitted their names to Lebanese authorities, who in turn sent the names to Syria for approval from the state.
Corbyn: Labour government will recognize state of Palestine
"The next Labour government will recognise Palestine as a state as one step towards a genuine two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict," Corbyn wrote on Twitter during a visit to Jordan.
Syria tells Lebanon it wants refugees to return
Lebanon is hosting some 1 million registered Syrian refugees.
Terra Incognita: The EU should have come up with a migration policy two decades ago
The problem is 30 years of inaction, ossified structures and unwillingness to take responsibility and manage social problems, and address the needs of average people and immigrants along the way.
Lebanon working for return of thousands of Syrian refugees
"The stay of Syrians in Lebanon will not go on for a long time. There is intensive work by the political authority."
Antisemitic assaults drive Amsterdam kosher eatery to close shop
In December, a 29-year-old Syrian asylum seeker smashed the restaurant’s window while holding a Palestinian flag.
Assad gives a video tour of war-torn Ghouta
The United Nations has estimated 400,000 people were under siege in eastern Ghouta, the last large rebel bastion near the capital Damascus, with little access to food or medicine.
Berlin's children pile up teddy bears in solidarity with Syrian refugees
The children helped lay 740 teddies on the steps of Berlin's Konzerthaus, each one representing 1,000 Syrian refugees denied an education.
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
About 85 percent of the dead were civilians killed by the forces of the Syrian government and its allies.
Israel's Opposition leader: We must defend our values in Syria
As a Jewish state, we must raise our eyes beyond our immediate borders and interests, and recognize the humanitarian and not only strategic dimensions of the Syrian conflict.
