Turkish Refugee Camp

Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom have spent a lot of time in Greece lately. First there was their satire Greed, in U.S. theaters this past weekend, which tackles global income inequality by focusing on two wildly contrasting settings: the Mediterranean island where fast fashion mogul Richard McCreadie (Coogan) is throwing…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionResidents try to halt migrant camp constructionResidents of two Greek islands have clashed with riot police as authorities pushed ahead with plans to build new migrant camps.Demonstrators on Lesbos and Chios tried to block equipment bound for construction sites on the islands.Footage…

Nine people have died after an earthquake struck eastern Turkey, close to the Iranian border. The Turkish health ministry said three of those killed were children and 37 people were injured, with nine of those in critical condition. Over 1,000 buildings have collapsed due to the tremors, which also damaged…

A refugee camp near Idlib in northern Syria.ReutersThe Turkish armed forces are losing a battle with Russian-backed Syrian troops over a safe zone full of refugees in northern Syria.If Syria takes Idlib permanently, about 1 million refugees will be forced out in the direction of Turkey.Turkey has already taken in…

Lesbos, Greece - Following protests staged this month both by Lesbos residents and refugees and migrants against conditions at the infamous Moria refugee camp, NGOs on the Greek island are suffering increased hostility from local groups.  Accounts reported to Al Jazeera by aid workers include harassment, intimidation and, in some cases,…

Chios, Greece - Sabr al-Kolak knew his first few months in Europe would be difficult, but he was not prepared for what he found in Vial, a refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios, in the North Aegean Sea. A 30-year-old from Palestine's Gaza Strip, he arrived at the beginning…

The United Nations has called for “decisive action” to rectify unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, as well as at refugee centers on four other islands, amid rising concerns about disease outbreak in the ca…

Qaminas (Syria) (AFP) - Tensions escalated Tuesday between Syria's regime and rebel-backer Turkey as a Syrian military helicopter was shot down and Ankara warned of a "heavy price" for any attacks on its forces.The new flare-up, a day after regime shelling killed five Turkish troops, came as government forces battling…

Nicosia (AFP) - "Love, we have no aim but to be defeated in your wars," wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Despite the armed conflicts devastating the Middle East, occasionally love comes out victorious.From the battlefields of Syria to the ruined cities of Yemen, journalists bear witness to violence and…

Struggling to stop the migration flows to Lesbos, the Greek government is now declaring war on NGOs, accusing them of stoking unrest between locals and refugees. Officials say they're sitting on a powder keg. When night falls, the lights shine brightly in the farming village of Moria. Police banter drifts…