Before the workshop, the 35 Syrian refugee women who decided to join the theatre training in Beirut had never heard of Antigone. Three months later, when they took the stage to perform the classic ...

A former jewellery designer, Safaa had signed up for the gold casting workshop on a nostalgic whim. It was only when she and four friends she had brought along arrived at the training centre that she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Refugees from Syria walk with their luggage to the refugee shelter in Hamburg. Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images For ...

To mark International Women’s Day, Syrian and Syrian American women thank all those who have aided this journey.

Around a quarter of Syria's population has fled since the March 2011 start of a conflict that has killed over 320,000 people. The new figures mean around a quarter of Syria's population has fled since ...

It started with the Syrian toddler. Wearing blue shorts, a red T-shirt and Velcro shoes, he was found dead on a Turkish beach. And the photos of his drowned little body went viral. “That was the ...

Now that spring has arrived in the Middle East, Syria’s estimated 1.2 million refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan can hope for relief from the snow, the rain and the bitterly cold nights of winter.

TOKYO, Japan — A swimmer who fled Syria as a teen is among the 29 athletes competing on the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) in Tokyo this summer. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says 23-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. H.E. Hind Kabawat, Minister of Social and Labour Affairs, Syrian Arab Republic, at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh on Oct. 27, ...

Contributors: Mina al-Lami, Jiyar Gol, Barry Marston, Clare Denning, Mohammed Al-Jumaily, Bryn Windsor Producer: Kriszta Satori, Elchin Suleymanov Presenter: Krassi Ivanova Twigg Music: Pete ...

The head of the UN refugee agency in Lebanon said on Thursday that the move by the United States to lift sweeping sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return to their home country. The ...

Suzan Ilcan receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. Seçil Daǧtaș receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of ...