March 2021

The Syrian crisis has reached a tragic anniversary: 10 years of ceaseless conflict © UNFPA Syria DAMASCUS, Syria -- This week, Syria marks a grim anniversary: 10 years since the start of the country's grinding conflict. Today, one…

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored a mass demonstration held by civilians, employees and school students in the city of al-Darbasiya in the countryside of al-Hasakeh, to demand the release of "PKK" leader Abdullah Ocalan,…

The Syrian pound's value hit a new record low today against foreign currencies. In Damascus, the selling rate is 4,410 SYP and the buying rate is 4,350 SYP against the dollar, while 5,259 SYP for selling and 5,183 SYP for buying against the…

SOHR sources from the strategic area of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, have reported growing Turkish military movements near the town, where Turkish forces surround the town, which is considered to be of strategic importance…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEunp2M3L8Q FILE PHOTO: United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, wearing a protective face mask, speaks to journalists upon his arrival in Damascus, Syria February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Firas…

Ein al-Basha, Jordan — Ammar Haj lives in a modest three-room apartment with his wife and five children. Every night they gather for a simple meal of lentils, rice and salad at their home outside the Jordanian capital of…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, one of the oldest Greek Orthodox churches in the Syrian capital, in Damascus, 7 January 2020 (AFP) By  MEE and agencies…

Omar Alshogre was 15 when the Arab Spring uprisings began in Syria in 2011. For three years he was imprisoned and tortured, while his father, brothers and cousins were killed. Omar as a 15-year-old in 2011 before he was…

Also on the daily podcast: the steep costs of violence against women and meet the self-decapitating slug AS THE COUNTRY marks ten years of civil war, the economy is crippled; it has broken up into statelets and ethnic enclaves that…