Sanctions, geopolitics and Covid-19 have diminished the strength of the three currencies and weakened the economies of Beirut, Tehran and Damascus …
Family of Canadian child stuck in Syria taking government to court
Relatives of a five-year-old Canadian girl stuck in Syria have one question as they head to court in an escalation of a nearly year-long effort to bring the child to Canada: Why won’t the government …
Several wounded in Syria attack on Russian-Turkish patrol
Three Russian and several Turkish soldiers were wounded Tuesday in Syria’s restive Idlib province when a joint military patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device, Russia’s defence ministry said …
Cash crash: Syria’s economic collapse and the fragmentation of the state (July 2020)
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 …