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Reflecting on crises still unfolding in Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis encouraged every effort – big or small – to help foster peace there and help Christians remain. Highlighting the desire of refugees to return to their homes, the pope…

Khaled Al Samakeh escaped Syria with his wife and children in 2012 after war erupted, gunfire gripped local streets and his oldest son, Maher, was detained and tortured. Four years later, they landed in the U.S.…

AMMAN, 7 December 2020 – UNICEF is appealing for a record high US$ 2.5 billion in emergency funding. The funds will be used to respond to the needs of 39 million children1 with life-saving assistance in the Middle East and…

In late 2019, Donald Trump said repeatedly that Washington would be “keeping” the oil resources of northeastern Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad sarcastically praised Trump over the remarks, suggesting the US president had revealed…

Wolfgang Kaleck, a 60-year-old human rights lawyer with large blue eyes and a wave of sandy brown hair, smiles a lot for someone who has spent his life litigating some of the world’s worst atrocities. “The stories you…

Early last week, Iraqi officials announced that an airstrike had killed a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as he entered Syria from Iraq on November 29 with a consignment of weapons. The news came just days after…

A French extremist wanted on an Interpol "red notice" has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday. The individual known by the initials C.G. was detained while…

For four months in 2017, an American-led coalition in Syria dropped some ten thousand bombs on Raqqa, the densely populated capital of the Islamic State. Nearly eighty per cent of the city, which has a population of three…

The recently appointed Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faysal al-Miqdad, arrived for an official visit in Tehran. This is al-Miqdad first visit outside of Syria in his new position. During his visit to Iran, the foreign minister met…

Doha: Personnel of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Syria have recently completed the monitoring of the polio vaccination campaign in the northern part of the country, amid strict preventive measures against COVID-19. Done…