Truce over. Bombs on Aleppo, US-Russia clash
A fragile ceasefire has dissolved, tensions between Russia and US have returned to the maximum level with exchanges of accusations and the population of Aleppo…
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Aid for Aleppo stuck in Turkey as Syria truce expires
A 20-truck aid convoy destined for eastern Aleppo with enough supplies to feed tens of thousands is still stuck in Turkey, a UN aid chief…
Turkish PM Says Enemies Trying to Turn Turkey Into Syria Will Be Defeated
The comments by the prime minister were on Saturday during his visit to the Turkish province of Ağrı, where Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a village on September 10, killing ten…
New programme offers aid to Syrian amputees
When a shell landed next to 13-year-old Ghadeer in the street last year, her whole life changed in an instant. “An artillery shell exploded while…
USA No cooperation with Russia until Syria aid flows
The United States made clear on Friday it will not set up a planned joint U.S.-Russian military coordination cell in Syria until regime forces there…
Troops replace tourists in Aleppo’s Old City
Instead of colorful, handmade caps for sale to Syrians and foreign tourists, Zakaria Mosuli – the last tailor in Aleppo’s battered Old City – now…
Syria aid blocked, violence spreads
The United States and Russia said today they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky,…
Catholics are being forced out of Iraq and Syria. The Pope’s new reform could help them
The common perception of Pope Francis is that he is a Pope without much time for laws, preferring a more freewheeling “pastoral” approach in his…
Over 3.7 million school-age refugee children have no school to attend, UN report says
Food, water and shelter are obvious basic needs for people fleeing war. But with refugees now spending roughly 20 years in exile on average, the…
Poll shows most Europeans sympathize with Syrian refugees, ‘have not lost their hearts’
More than three quarters of Europeans sympathize with Syrian refugees coming to their countries, a poll found on Friday, challenging reports of growing anti-immigration sentiment…