Syrian refugees

Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and North Africa sheltering refugees.

Most refugees were fleeing war or persecution, the report says.

Human rights organisation called for end of restrictions on Syrians fleeing conflict.

Thousands of Syrians fleeing a fierce battle for the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad have crossed into Turkey.

Norwegian police uncovered militant links of 10 men on list of migrants.

Syrians nationals or Palestinians refugees from Syria fleeing the civil were assured they would have reached an Italian port "travelling with all comforts".

BREAKING: The cargo vessel was carrying 337 people, mainly Syrian migrants.

More than 191,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict while millions have fled their homes.

Antonio Guterres, the UN refugee chief, calls for international action to help the 3.8m victims of the bloody Syrian civil war.

In its latest report Amnesty says international community failed to protect millions of civilians

The UN appealed for more support for Syrian refugees on Wednesday (January 14) after it launched the largest ever report examining their living conditions of refugee communities.

At least 3 million people have fled Syria since the eruption of civil war in 2011.

Health system in a state of collapse as Syrian war grinds towards its fifth year.

Al-Qaeda soldiers capture Wadi al-Deif and Hamidiya military bases in south-west Syria

Jordan's King Abdullah visited the White House where he met with US President Barack Obama.

Amnesty urges international community to do more to help displaced Syrians.

Italian coastguard says it rescued more than 600 migrants between Sicily and North Africa this weekend.

Minister claims that refugees pose security risk, with more than a million having entered country.

Cypriot authorities picked up a distress signal earlier in the day.

Some 130,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing Isis have crossed the border into Turkey.

100,000 Syrian and Kurdish refugees are fleeing to Turkey to escape Isis advance, reports AP.

Oxfam slams international community for 'failing' to help three million Syrian refugees.

Up to April more than 191,000 people have been killed in conflict, UN human rights chief says.

Poorest EU country hopes razor-wire fence will end surge of asylum seekers.

Save the Children says families marry off teen daughters due to poverty and fears of sexual violence.

The United Nations' aid chief warned humanitarian aid is not reaching the people in Syria who are in desperate need.

UN agency says Italy abandoned hundreds of asylum seekers from Syria, Somalia and Eritrea in parking lots.

Number of early marriages among Syrian refugees in Jordan on rise in desperate bid to beat economic hardship.

IBTimes UK investigate how vulnerable Syrian refugee families are preyed on in Turkey

A Syrian refugee tells of his experience during one and a half years in detention in Damascus and Homs