The United Nations and humanitarian partners are coordinating with authorities in Syria to develop a contingency response plan after wildfires have killed three people and hospitalized 79 others, a UN …
Stuck in the Middle in Syria
President Donald Trump made a controversial decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northeast Syria, essentially greenlighting a Turkish-led invasion of areas controlled by America’s Kurdish allies. He …
Turkish charity builds 600 homes for families in Syria
Families in Idlib displaced by war receive key to new concrete houses built by Turkiye Diyanet Foundation – Anadolu Agency …
Syria and Lebanon scorched by dozens of wildfires
Firefighters in Syria and Lebanon have been busy over the last few days, as wildfires have ravaged parts of the countries. As of Oct. 11, many of the fires were …
A year on, Syria Kurds displaced by Turkey long for home
The five-month-old baby girl of Wadha Sharmoukh has only lived in a tent because Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies captured her family’s hometown in northern Syria from Kurdish forces a year ago …
Is Syria’s Idlib the Next Gaza Strip?
Many relatives of mine were living in camps near the border with Turkey,” says Huda Husein, a 25-year-old teacher living in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib in northwest Syria. “But last month they …
Syrian girl who lost an eye in Beirut blast receives prosthetic from UAE
A Syrian girl who lost an eye during the Beirut Port explosion has received a prosthetic, under an initiative by Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, president of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and …
On a farm near Calgary, Syrian newcomers give back to their new native land
When they first came to Canada, Nahima Mohamed, Mohamed Eldaher and their children sought help from a food bank to get by. Now the vegetables they grow are a thriving business that also feeds those wh …
High Risk Tanker Held In Lebanon Previously Involved In Moving Oil To Syria
Although it remains unclear who ordered the controversial Jaguar S oil tanker to Lebanon’s Zahrani port, TankerTrackers.com has been able to determine that the vessel was at the Syrian Baniyas …
Extreme poverty in Middle East and North Africa doubled between 2015 and 2018
The World Bank’s report encompasses effects of conflicts in Syria and Yemen, but precludes Lebanon’s economic collapse …