Advertising The State Department also has designated 39 Syrian individuals, including the Assads, as well as members of their extended family, military leaders and business executives. Many were …
There’s no covid-19 in Syria’s worst refugee camp. That may be about to change.
It protected them from the added calamity of a covid-19 outbreak. Now, however, Jordan is deporting its Syrian refugees directly into Rukban, some of whom could be bringing the virus back to their …
UNICEF: Conflict in Syria forces children into child labour
Nearly five million children have been born in Syria since the civil war began, nine years ago. The conflict has had a devastating effect on their lives, with many forced to drop out of school to …
Syria could have 2 million cases of coronavirus by Aug. 31
“Many providers prefer to avoid the risk of dealing with Syria. That’s why there is a need for parallel structures and financial channels that are monitored and secured to directly support civil …
Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Yet this week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up by the UN to try in absentia four members of Hizbollah, the Iran-backed and Syria-allied paramilitary movement implicated in the killing, …
UN: Committee drafting new Syria constitution meets Aug. 24
The U.N. special envoy for Syria says the 45-member committee charged with drafting a new constitution for the conflict-torn country will meet for the first time in nine months on Aug. 24 …
Australian pilots drafted to help fly UK drones over Syria and Iraq
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discrete talks | Charlotte Observer
small business and energy/environment. At the summit, diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain spoke of the threat Iran posed to their security and its use of Shiite proxies in Iraq, Syria, …
U.N. Trial Clears Hezbollah, Finds One Guilty of Lebanon Leader’s Death Amid Crisis
An international court has cleared Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, three of its suspected members as well as its ally, the Syrian government, of wrongdoing in the 2005 assassination of a …
How Israel Stopped Attempted Attack at Its Disputed Border With Syria
As part of an all-female field observer team, they are stationed at the Golan Heights, a stretch of southwestern Syria occupied and annexed by Israel decades ago despite nearly no international …