More than half of children in war-torn Syria are missing out on education, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Sunday, with a third of schools in ruins or commandeered by fighters. “After almost ten …
UN Security Concerns Rise Following Murders in Syria’s Al-Hol Camp
U.N. officials are expressing alarm over worsening security at Northeast Syria’s al-Hol refugee camp after multiple murders between January 1 and 16. Fears for the safety and protection of camp …
American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
Two years ago, three Americans — a former diplomat, a former special operative and an energy executive — walked across a flooded bridge into north-east Syria to talk about oil, a murky business in a …
Anti-Biden conspiracy claims US escalating role in Syria
Here we go again,” one person tweeted, claiming a “large” convoy had entered eastern Syria on the “first day” of Biden’s presidency.
False claims in Syria Biden will start war, as US presence there rejected
Here we go again,” one person tweeted, claiming a “large” convoy had entered eastern Syria on the “first day” of Biden’s presidency.
Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage
The Islamic State group (IS) has not gone away. The twin suicide bombing in Baghdad on Thursday was a hideous reminder that the group which once controlled a vast swathe of territory across Syria and …
A beloved Syrian dessert and the inheritance of loss
Crowding around a dining table packed to the edges with my favorite Syrian Jewish dishes, we ate and talked about the Syrian war. It was a benefit luncheon I was hosting to raise money for displaced …
Syria Camp Housing ISIS Fighter Families Hit by Wave of Murders
A camp in Syria housing families of Islamic State militant group fighters has experienced a wave of murders within a little over two weeks, the United Nations said Thursday, while expressing “serious …
UN says 12 murdered at al-Hol camp in Syria since start of year
UN expresses concern over ‘deteriorating security conditions’ at camp for displaced people controlled by Kurdish forces.
Reports of 12 murdered at Kurdish-run displacement camp in Syria: U.N.
The United Nations says it has received reports of 12 Syrian and Iraqi nationals being murdered in the first half of January at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, which holds internal …