A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon has stepped down after attempts to extend his term failed …
WHO chief ‘heartbroken’ by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed
Available funding and new border crossings were still not enough to help quake-hit citizens in Syria’s battered northwest, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, adding he was “disturbed and …
WHO chief ‘heartbroken’ by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed
Available funding and new border crossings were still not enough to help quake-hit citizens in Syria’s battered northwest, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, adding he was “disturbed and …
UN scrambles to reunite families after Turkey-Syria quake
Turkey and parts of northern Syria has compounded existing crises in war-torn Syria. “The first challenge is figuring out if (the) children’s parents are alive in some place, and if they are trying to …
UN scrambles to reunite families after Turkey-Syria quake
Turkey and parts of northern Syria has compounded existing crises in war-torn Syria. “The first challenge is figuring out if (the) children’s parents are alive in some place, and if they are trying to …
Low water levels force halt to north Syria hydropower
Local authorities in northeast Syria will suspend operations at a hydroelectric dam for a week because of low water levels, two officials said on Wednesday, leaving several million people at risk of …
Low water levels force halt to north Syria hydropower
Local authorities in northeast Syria will suspend operations at a hydroelectric dam for a week because of low water levels, two officials said on Wednesday, leaving several million people at risk of …
How the earthquakes compounded Syria’s shelter crisis
Last month’s disaster has made a difficult situation even worse for hundreds of thousands of people struggling to find long-term housing.
LA County will update its building codes after earthquake devastates Turkey, Syria
After an earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria last month, killing 50,000 people, officials in Los Angles County voted Wednesday to update the county’s building code and require all …
Two people died of cholera in northwest Syria post-quake -civil defence
Two people have died of cholera in Syria’s opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on …