[caption id="attachment_135443" align="alignright" width="161"] Syrian refugees sit under their makeshift shelter, during heavy rainfall in Athens on December 8, 2014.[/caption] Syrian refugees are struggling to survive as winter approaches, amid calls on rich countries to resettle them within their borders. Syrian refugees in Jordan are waiting ...

[caption id="attachment_107189" align="alignright" width="229"] A displaced Syrian girl (file photo)[/caption] Child marriage has doubled among Syrian girls who have taken refuge in neighboring Jordan, says an international NGO. In a report dubbed "Too Young to Wed," the Save the Children Fund said on Wednesday that early marriage in Syria accounted ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) Jordanians, Egyptians and Saudis are visiting Syrian refugee camps to buy virgins. They pay 300 dollars, and they get the girl of their dreams. Amani has just turned 22. Two months ago she fled from Syria and left her house in capital Damascus. After a long dangerous trip she arrived at Zaatari, the refugee camp on the border ...

Tehran, Oct 9, IRNA - Syrians fleeing violence in their country continue to cross into Jordan every day in search of safety while most of them are exhausted and desperately need help. According to a news release issued by the ICRC, together with the Jordan National Red Crescent Society, the ICRC is doing its utmost to relieve their suffering. By ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="210"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens inSyriato protect them. Visiting a camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan ...

KUWAIT CITY: A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that those backing "terrorist" groups are responsible for the fighting and killings in Syria, as he repeated Tehran's support of the Syrian regime. "Iranbelieves that the cause of the Syrian crisis is the sending of arms to terrorist groups intoSyriaby some countries," Amir Hussein Abdullahian,...

A high-ranking Iranian delegation led by a deputy foreign minister will attend the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait. Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will attend the one-day conference in Kuwait City on Wednesday. The conference comes in response to the United ...

Iran news headlines on Monday include Iran launching monkey into space successfully; world powers urging Iran to hold nuke talks in February;Russian Foreign Minister asking global powers andIran to agree a date and place for new talks;Iran's deputy foreign ministerannouncementof Iran readiness to helpSyrian refugees in Jordan; Iran denial of Fordounderground ...

AFP -Iran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in Jordan on Sunday that his country was ready to provide aid to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who live in the kingdom. "I met with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and discussed Iran's offer to provide aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan as well as on the Syrian-Lebanese border," ...