Several refugee camps have been destroyed and depopulated in nearly five years of violence. Read more about Catastrophe for Syrians and Palestinians alike in war-ravaged country 

Palestinians and Syrians putting their lives in hands of human traffickers in bid to reach Europe. Read more about War in Syria cuts life expectancy by twenty years -- study 

Gaza man survived four days at sea after September shipwreck. Read more about Palestinian survivors of migrant shipwrecks tell their harrowing stories 

The few survivors say their ship was deliberately rammed by the very men who were supposed to be escorting them to safer lands. Read more about Hundreds, many from Gaza, murdered at sea by smugglers