Syria

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaiti...

Sep 07, 2015 02:23 AM EDT

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move 'towards normality'

Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees ...

Sep 06, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

Hungary says to bus migrants to Austrian border

Hungary said on Friday it would send thousands of migrants by bus to the border with Austria, appear...

Sep 04, 2015 07:17 PM EDT

War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.

Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from ...

Sep 03, 2015 04:03 AM EDT

Russia delays start of U.N. probe of Syria gas attacks: envoys

Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemica...

Sep 02, 2015 09:31 PM EDT

Greek ship ferries hundreds more migrants to mainland

A ship bringing about 1,800 migrants and refugees from an eastern Greek island to the port of Piraeu...

Sep 01, 2015 09:00 PM EDT

Unprecedented migrant crisis forces EU to seek answers

European Union ministers were summoned on Sunday to meet in two weeks' time to seek urgent solutions...

Aug 30, 2015 06:37 PM EDT

Mediterranean refugee and migrant numbers pass 300,000 in 2015

The number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe has passed 300,000 th...

Aug 28, 2015 07:47 AM EDT

Merkel, heckled on visit to refugees, says no to xenophobia

Dozens of protesters shouted at Chancellor Angela Merkel and waved placards with the slogan "traitor...

Aug 26, 2015 09:14 PM EDT

Britain says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he expected sanctions on Iran could start to...

Aug 24, 2015 07:53 AM EDT

Islamic State's No. 2 reported killed by drone strike in Iraq - CNN

The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was killed in a U.S. drone strike near Mosul, I...

Aug 21, 2015 07:32 PM EDT

U.S. tightens visa waiver program amid foreign fighters concerns

The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries...

Aug 06, 2015 09:45 PM EDT

Russia says no common approach yet with U.S. on fighting Islamic State

Russia and the United States have not been able to agree on a common approach to fighting Islamic St...

Aug 06, 2015 01:42 AM EDT

Kerry to meet Russia's Lavrov in Malaysia on Wednesday

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet for a second time in three days on Wednesday with Russi...

Aug 05, 2015 03:36 AM EDT

Syrian group says Nusra abducts its leader, in blow to U.S. plan

The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the leader of a U.S.-backed rebel group in north Syria,...

Jul 30, 2015 06:53 AM EDT

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