The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes also hit two military sites in the Qalamoun mountains northeast of Damascus, an area where the …
Bedouin fighter’s journey from Free Syrian Army to ISIS describes arc of Syria’s civil war
Under a desert sunset almost 13 years ago, a group of Bedouin rebels fighting President Bashar Al Assad hid at the side of a remote road in central Syria, waiting to ambush a bus.Shepherds had told …
Syria Landmine Blast Kills 16 Truffle Hunters: Monitor
At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle hit a landmine, a war monitor said.
Thousands in Syria’s rebel-held northwest mark 13 years since uprising
Thousands took to the streets of Syria’s rebel-held northwest on Friday to mark 13 years since pro-democracy protests swept the country, chanting against President Bashar al-Assad and the region’s …
Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters
BEIRUT: At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle hit a landmine, a war monitor said.
After 13 years of conflict in Syria, almost 7.5 million children in need of humanitarian assistance
According to a recent household survey conducted in northern Syria, 34 per cent of girls and 31 per cent of boys reported psychosocial distress.
Syria’s healthcare system on life support after 13 years of war and western sanctions
Thirteen years of grinding war and crippling western sanctions have left Syria’s healthcare system in ruins, with the stricken sector marred by collapsed hospitals and pharmaceutical factories, as …
Women bearing the brunt of crisis in Syria, UN Population Fund’s regional director says
Women and girls in Syria are far more disproportionately exposed to gender-based violence, exploitation and lack of healthcare access 13 years into the war, the UN Population Fund’s regional director …
UNICEF Won’t Stop Helping Children In Syria
UNICEF won’t stop helping children in Syria. Flexible funding allows UNICEF and its partners to respond with rapid and sustained action to changing needs on the ground — in Syria and other countries …
Major Iranian firms to take part in Syria international oil, gas exhibition
The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said his organization is going to dispatch a delegation comprised of major Iranian firms to Syria to take part in the country’s International Expo …