Representatives from the Syrian government, opposition and civil society are meeting this week to discuss the “basic principles” of a future Syrian charter.
Syria: new banknote without Assad’s picture
A few weeks since the tenth anniversary of the start of Syria’s uprising, the Syrian central bank has issued a new banknote for 5,000 Syrian liras in the latest government effort to support the crisis …
Christian leaders urge Biden to lift sanctions on Syria
The Biden administration should end sanctions by the United States that have contributed to starvation and poverty in Syria, an open letter signed by prominent Christians and human rights activists …
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are under pressure as never before. But they say Syria is still too unsafe to return.
Syrians have long struggled in Lebanon, where around a million refugees make up some 20 percent of the population. But 2020 brought a new cascade of problems. The country’s fina …
Syria floats new bank note amid soaring inflation
A new 5,000-lira bank note is going into circulation in Syria as the country reels from 10 years of conflict and a crippling economic crisis …
Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education: UN
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.