Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Sunday handed over 34 orphaned children, whose parents were suspected of belonging to the Islamic State group, to a Russian delegation to be repatriated.

Russia repatriates 34 orphans of IS families from Syria

Pandemic may have devastating impact on already war-torn nation of Syria with 44 cases and 3 deaths. Authorities claimed that any outbreak in overflowing refugee' camps would lead to a humanitarian disaster.

Pandemic may have devastating impact on already war-torn nation of Syria

To help her daughter cope with Syria's long-running war trauma, a Syrian father has turned the experience of airstrikes and shelling into a game. The father Abdullah al-Muhammad who is a video journalist by profession taught her three-year-old a bittersweet game in which both laugh at the sound of shelling in Idlib.

Watch: To cope with war trauma, Syrian father and daughter turn bombing sounds into rosy game

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria could host 2-3 million Syrian refugees that have settled in Turkey and Europe after eight years of war at home.

Erdogan says 2-3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Europe can be resettled in 'safe zone'

Up to 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their devastated homeland in 2019, while many others face problems with documentation and property that the Damascus government must help resolve, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year: UNHCR

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Russia repatriates 34 orphans of IS families from Syria

Pandemic may have devastating impact on already war-torn nation of Syria

Watch: To cope with war trauma, Syrian father and daughter turn bombing sounds into rosy game

Erdogan says 2-3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Europe can be resettled in 'safe zone'

250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year: UNHCR