Europe

More than 4,500 people have been killed and scores have been injured in Turkey and Syria after two powerful earthquakes on Monday within the space of 12 hours. The first quake struck as people slept, and measured magnitude 7.8, one...

The photo of a Syrian refugee who had lost a leg in a bomb attack, hoisting into the air his son, born without limbs, went viral last year in Italy. On Friday, Munzir El Nezzel, the man in the picture,...

Turkey, now fighting a war in Syria, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official told Reuters late on Thursday, as President Tayyip Erdogan presided over an emergency meeting. According to the unnamed official quoted...

Vincenzo Spadafora, the Italian Minister for Sports, sent a letter to UEFA President Alexander Ceferin on Monday, asking whether or not the finals of football's Champions League for 2020 should be held in Istanbul as scheduled. Spadafora wondered in his...

  Turkish media on Friday reported that the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, has backed Turkey’s military action in northern Syria. In a Hurriyet newspaper report, the senior clergyman apparently wrote to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides’ tragedy “Iphigenia”, using a a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict. The play, staged this...

One of the most celebrated ancient Greek dramas will be staged in Turkey for the first time, and with the participation of Syrian women in the production, the play is also set to convey a strong political message. Written by...

Greek-Syrian actress and theatrical director Rafika Chawishe, is among the recipients of the 2017 Ibsen Scholarships. She has won the "Best Direction" distinction for her project, "Europeana," a recount of her own experience with refugees in Lesvos island, based on...

On February 17, Pope Francis met with students and the faculty of the Roma Tre University in Rome. While at the university, the pontiff was also reunited with one of the Syrian refugees who he brought back to Italy...

A theatrical performance like no other is taking place at the Young Vic in London England, where a group of Syrian women are re-telling a tragic Greek tale from a modern-day perspective in a documentary filmed by Yasmin Fedda. For her award-winning...

Yusra Mardini has already proven what she is made of as the 18-year old swimmer from Syria saved the lives of 20 fellow refugees when they were crossing the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of reaching the shores of Greece. Just two...

A unique adaptation of The Trojan Women (Greek translation: Troades) with a cast of solely Syrian women refugees recounting their stories of loss, flight and exile is coming to the UK with a 3-week summer tour. Eurepides's original anti-war play,...

To get from Syria to Europe, you need at least $3,000. Some people make it on less, but when traveling as a refugee, money equals safety. And most people, like 22-year-old Mahmoud in London, remember every penny they spent. "There are...

Turkey is warning the European Union that 3 million more refugees could flee war-torn Syria and cross to Europe adding to the already huge influx. Currently, there are about 2 million refugees from Syria in Turkey. Also, an estimated 400,000...

The Dutch Parliament passed a binding resolution yesterday recognizing the genocide of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One. The resolution, tabled by MP Joel Voordewind from the Christian Union party, enjoyed wide support from...