Syrian refugees in Turkey are worried about Erdogan's plans to to relocate up to 1 million of them to "safe areas" inside Syria. Damascus is also unhappy, fearing a Turkish landgrab and the return of dissidents.
It has been ten years since the start of the Syrian uprisings. The continuing war has displaced millions – inside and outside the country. Syrian refugees in Turkey say they experience homesickness, marginalization and even racist attacks.
He presented himself as a refugee fleeing the violence of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's violent regime. While he may have been a defector, Eyad A.'s trangressions are beyond redemption, a court in Koblenz found.
As the flow of refugees to Germany gained pace in 2015, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel promised: "We can do it!" Mohammed R. has his doubts, because among the refugees are the Syrian torturers from whom he fled.
The EU has called for an end to the Russian-backed Syrian government military offensive in the rebel-held city of Idlib. Almost one million people have been displaced in "horrendous conditions" in the area.
The situation is growing worse in Syria's northwestern opposition-held province of Idlib, where clashes have taken place between Turkish forces and the regime under Bashar al-Assad.
Kefah Ali Deeb had to leave Syria due to her political activities against Assad's rule. She was also imprisoned there. Now living in Germany, Kefah has started over with a new job and a motivation to help other refugees.
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday that the United States' missile strike targeting a military base in Syria was a "condemnation" of the "criminal regime" of Bashar al-Assad.
The protests that led to the Syrian civil war began six years ago. Carnegie Fellow and analyst Yezid Sayigh discusses how the fight became so intractable.
France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has held talks in Beirut with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun. Back in France, a new poll has shown that the populist has narrowed the gap in the presidential race.