There are some 1.4 million Iraqi refugees living in Syria, most having fled the extreme sectarian violence sparked by the bombing of the Golden Mosque of Samarra in 2006. The Syrian government has a ...

GENEVA/NEW YORK/AMMAN, 13 December 2013- The decline in education for Syrian children has been the sharpest and most rapid in the history of the region, according to a new paper published today.

(AP) A growing number of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan are fast becoming primary providers for families who lack resources for basic survival, the United Nations refugee agency said in ...

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager turned education activist, is teaming up with former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on a $500 million initiative to provide education for 300,000 Syrian ...

The campaign marks the 5th anniversary of the Syrian war. — -- When Gunter Nitsch was 11 years old, the only thoughts on his mind were feeding his hunger and keeping warm. In 1949, he and his ...

A 'Whole of Syria' approach is guiding UNICEF’s response to one of the world's most complex humanitarian crises fueled by new waves of violence and displacement. An influx of refugees from Lebanon ...

A new report issued by the U.N.’s refugee agency on Friday has detailed the impact of war on the more than 1 million Syrian children who have fled the bloodshed and the challenges they face trying to ...