In the banking field, they agreed to increase the number of bank accounts between Syrian and Russian banks, and to expand the use of the Russian Financial Settlement System (SPRS) as an alternative to …
LF asks schools not to enroll Syrians who do not hold legal residency
The Lebanese Forces (LF) on Saturday issued an ”appeal” to private and public schools and technical institutes, asking them to refrain from enrolling Syrians illegally residing in …
Burj al Barajneh refugee camp: ‘It is a continuous tragedy’
Site in Beirut originally established for 500 families but is now home to 18,000 Palestinians and 40,000 Syrians …
Germany debates deportations to Afghanistan and Syria
A deadly knife attack that killed a police officer has triggered demands to allow deportations to Afghanistan. Ahead of the European Parliament election, anti-immigration rhetoric is being stepped up.
What to know about Tower 22, the US base in Jordan struck in deadly drone attack
Sunday’s deadly drone attack on a small U.S. base in Jordan known as Tower 22 has highlighted a little-known mission in the barren desert area just one mile south of the country’s border with Syria.
How Palestinians who fled Syria war to Egypt are forced into illiteracy
As Israel floats resettlement of Gazans in Sinai, ARIJ investigation gathers unprecedented data on exclusion of Palestinian children from Egypt schools.
At Least 6 Die when School Bus Plunges into River in Northwest Syria
At least six people, most of them children, drowned when a school bus went off the road into a river in northwest Syria on Thursday, emergency responders said. The bus carrying dozens of children left …
Syria’s Finance Minister to attend SPIEF
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will be held on June 5-8 ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. /TASS/. Finance Minister of Syria Kenan Yaghi will represent the country at the St. Petersburg …
Syria not ready for refugees to return from Jordan, says senior UNHCR official
Conditions in Syria are not suitable for the return of refugees, 13 years into the country’s civil war, a senior UN humanitarian official has told The National.“Our assessment continues to be right …
Turkey’s defense minister says planned elections by Syrian Kurdish groups are ‘unacceptable’
Turkey’s defense minister says plans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to hold local elections in northern Syria are “unacceptable” and a threat to Turkey’s national security …