Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.
Greece faces legal action over alleged expulsion of Syrian to Turkey
Man with right to asylum in Germany allegedly stripped of papers and expelled in ‘refugee pushback’ while searching for 11-year-old brother …
Kuwait to donate $4 million to UNICEF
Kuwait has signed a grant agreement with UNICEF vowing to provide $4 million in donations to support internally displaced Syrians. Image Credit: Gulf News archive Kuwait City: The Kuwait Fund for Arab …
Syria’s Top Diplomat Moalem, Soft-Spoken Defender of Assad, Dies at 79
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old …
Syria’s veteran Foreign Minister Walid Muallem dies aged 79
Long-time Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, one of the most prominent public faces for President Bashar al-Assad’s government during the country’s civil war, has died aged 79. State media did not …
Wheat and fuel shortages overwhelm Syria
The country’s economic collapse has been aggravated by the pandemic, Lebanese banking crisis and international isolation …
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, …
Dozens of US troops leave Syria’s Hasakah, cross into northern Iraq: Report
The US military has reportedly withdrawn dozens of its troops and armored vehicles from a base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, and moved them to a location in the northern sector of …
Syria’s veteran foreign minister Walid Moalem dies: state TV
Syria’s top diplomat and long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old …
‘The war riche’: Syrian elites skirt US sanctions amid economic turmoil
After a decade of war, the Syrian economy is in ruins, but a combination of profiteering and sanctions has produced some bizarre results. US-led sanctions are intended to pressure the Syrian …