Turkish president's comments come as anger over migrants grows among locals, sparking fears in his office that issue might dominate next year's elections

Warm welcome at borders contrasts with hostility, harsh language faced by others looking for safe haven

Mother and three young children declared dead of asphyxiation in the southern village of Kharayab

Though horrors of war have abated, many have lost hope in a future at home amid poverty and corruption, while some still fear for their personal safety

European Court of Justice says Orban's government broke EU law by criminalizing helping refugees to apply for asylum

Officials say cause of death unknown, autopsy to be performed; brings death toll now to at least 9 reported victims in migration encouraged by Lukashenko

Refugees film themselves eating bananas after man launches tirade against Syrian women claiming they were 'eating bananas by the kilogram' while Turks suffer economic hardship

Incumbent Bashar Assad all but guaranteed a fourth term in office; vote held in shadow of a decade of civil war that has displaced half the country's population

After fleeing fighting and reluctant to enter overcrowded encampments, dozens brave the elements to settle among centuries-old ruins

A dozen witnesses to testify in trial of former member of Syria's secret police suspected of overseeing abuse of detainees at notorious jail near Damascus