The weather was cold, but the welcome warm. That's how Mohamed Omar describes his family's arrival in Whitehorse last week, when they became the third family of Syrian refugees to settle in the city ...

Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria, its foreign affairs minister said in a ...

GENEVA, Dec 11 (UNHCR) - The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed news of the arrival in Canada last night of the first group of Syrian refugees under a recently announced humanitarian programme. The ...

After more than a decade of civil war that displaced millions, the ouster of Bashar al-Assad as Syria’s president by a coalition of rebel groups on Sunday is raising questions about what should happen ...

TORONTO – Cheers erupted at Toronto’s Pearson airport as two families of Syrian refugees emerged from the arrival gate Wednesday night and came face to face with those whose support brought them to ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syrian refugees can be matched with Canadians keen to help them rebuild their lives under a new initiative that aims to aid some of the millions of Syrians ...

It’s been nearly a full decade since the photograph of a dead refugee child on a Turkish beach caused the world to stop in its tracks and focus its fleeting attention on the 21st century’s most ...

Rohan Mesto stands in front of his sponsor Kathy Hart's home in Lafayette on Dec. 5. Credit: Natalie Kerr “I’m going to use the bathroom, mom.” Rohan Mesto jogged up the hill and ducked behind a tree, ...

Since the eruption of the Syrian civil war in 2011, millions of Syrians have fled their country, seeking refuge in neighboring countries and beyond. Thirteen years on, a significant number of these 13 ...