To date, analysts have predominantly focused on the impact this crash has had on Syrian households, which are now facing acute financial pressure as poverty rates climb toward 90 percent …
Iran offers unconditional support to Hamas, Islamic Jihad
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Since Hamas and Islamic Jihad remained on the sidelines in the Syrian civil war and left their respective offices in Damascus in 2012, Iran, a staunch ally of the Syrian regime …
UN restarts cross-border aid to Syria but shuts access point
The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn …
UN restarts cross-border aid to Syria
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of …
Lives Will Be Lost as Syria Aid Access Cut, Aid Agencies Warn
A U.N. Security Council resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1.
UN Security Council Agrees to Aid Change to NW Syria
In the interest of the almost 3 million civilians who depend on the crossing of Bab al-Hawa, the council had to make the decision to compromise,” said Belgium’s Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, …
UN restarts Syria cross-border aid but with only one access point
Millions in Idlib region can receive humanitarian assistance but only after Russia insists on closing one of two crossings …
UN approves extension of cross-border aid to Syria
The UN Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution on Saturday authorizing humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest from Turkey through just one crossing point, a day after …
British student who fled to join Isis dies while in jail in Syria
Ishak Mostefaoui, formerly at the University of Westminster, died either trying to escape custody or amid disorder in the prison …
More COVID-19 cases in Syria’s overcrowded rebel enclave
BEIRUT (AP) — At least two doctors in Syria’s opposition-held northwest have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a monitoring group Saturday, raising the total number of cases in …