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Europe faces renewed calls to ease Syrian refugee mega-crisis

Europe must do more to help Syrians escape the country’s brutal civil war, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In an interview

Syria

Syria: UN calls for aid access to besieged Yarmouk refugee camp

The UN Security Council says crimes against Palestinian refugees in Syria’s besieged Yarmouk camp must not go unpunished. The UN is also calling for

Syria

Palestinians put pressure on Damascus over Yarmouk crisis

The desperate plight of Palestinians trapped amid fighting in Syria prompted dozens of people to demonstrate outside the UN headquarters in Gaza. One

Syria

Palestinians mobilise to save Yarmouk refugees after ISIL attack

A video posted online on Sunday purported to show militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State advancing into the mostly Palestinian refugee camp

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Syria

Syria: Civilians in 'acute danger' at Yarmouk refugee camp, warns UN

The United Nations is sounding the alarm over the “desperate” plight of civilians trapped amid fierce fighting in the largely Palestinian Yarmouk

Germany

Germany: Arson suspected after fire at asylum seekers' residence

Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a building intended for asylum seekers in eastern Germany. Two Germans – currently the only people

Syria

Palestinian refugees outside Syrian capital 'at extreme risk of death'

The jihadist Islamic State offensive has been closing in on the Syrian capital, Damascus. Conflicting reports say Palestinian fighters and Syrian

Syria

Syria: ISIL militants seize parts of Palestinian camp

ISIL militants have reportedly taken control of large parts of a Palestinian camp in the Syrian capital. Video uploaded to the internet purportedly

Chad

Nigerian refugees bear terror trauma from Boko Haram

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) has deployed an emergency team to Chad. The NGO is helping an estimated 18,300 refugees and

Yemen

Saudi Arabia "seeking clarification" about deadly explosion in Yemen camp

Saudi Arabia says it is seeking clarification about an explosion that has killed at least 40 people in a camp for displaced people in Yemen

Yemen

Air strike hits Yemen refugee camp as Saudis consider talks

My Europe Series

Libya on the brink: amid civil war fears and growing ISIL threat what's the EU doing?

Syria

Nothing to celebrate as the Syrian Conflict hits the four-year mark

The conflict in Syria is four years old today, four years during which the country has been ripped apart as the conflict has changed and become more

Syria

Syria four years on, Erdogan slams UN Security Council's inaction

As the war drags into a fifth year accusations are flying about who is to blame for the lack of action to end the bloodshed.

Cinema

Tale of two Angolan refugees' survival in 1980's Lisbon

Angolan film-maker Pocas Pascoal sought inspiration in her personal life for ‘All is Well’, a moving drama about two sisters in exile. Alda and

Jordan

Fears of Palestinian-style deadlock for Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees living in the huge camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan say they see little sign of a solution to the war or their own plight. Today

World

Syria's blackout demonstrates deadly entry into fifth year of civil war

My Europe Series

Shelling or shelter: the impossible choice facing battle-weary Ukrainians

In war-ravaged areas of east Ukraine people face not only incredible hardship but also a torturous dilemma: to flee or to stay. While no one wants to

Syria

UN resolutions have 'failed' people of Syria, say aid groups

On the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, a report by several charities and humanitarian organisations finds that in 2014, the worst year of the war to date, three United Nations Security Coun

Syria

Syrians start to return to Kobani as Kurds fight off ISIL

Up to 3,000 Syrians return to a largely-demolished Kobani after four months of clashes between Kurdish rebels and ISIL militants.