TOKYO, Japan — A swimmer who fled Syria as a teen is among the 29 athletes competing on the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) in Tokyo this summer. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says 23-year-old ...

When Syrian badminton player Aram Mahmoud fled his home country six years ago, he left everything behind — including his family. "It was a very difficult decision for my family, for my father and ...

Syria's Olympic football team will face Jordan in a second friendly match tomorrow, as part of the ongoing training camp in ...

LONDON (AP) — The leader of the Syrian Olympic team is choosing his words carefully to describe the ambitions of the country's athletes and the government, whose forces are besieging his home city.

LONDON (AP) — A female hurdler from Syria was kicked out of the London Olympics on Saturday after failing a drug test. The IOC said 400-meter hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad tested positive for the banned ...

BRASILIA, Brazil, May 3 (UNHCR) - Flanked by cheering Brazilians, 12-year-old Syrian refugee Hanan Dacka held the Olympic flame aloft and trotted with it through Brasilia at the start of a relay ...