according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Despite hopes that political changes in Syria would pave the way for their return, many refugees are confronting critical ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi met on Thursday with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to discuss ongoing cooperation on ...

27 per cent of Syrian refugees recently surveyed in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq told UNHCR that they were planning to return to Syria in the next 12 months, up from less than 2 per cent before the ...

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the ...

“Soon I will visit Syria — and its neighbouring countries — as UNHCR steps up its support to returnees and receiving communities,” he added. UNHCR estimates that over 550,000 Syrians ...

European foreign ministers agreed on a “road map” to lift financial restrictions, but the change will happen in stages.

A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding Islamic State members and their families.

Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in early December, said UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi, according to AFP. Speaking ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The United Nations refugee chief ... 4.7 million refugees registered with the U.N. refugee agency, or UNHCR in neighboring countries. The largest number are in Turkey, with ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...