Essay: Turkey-Syria earthquake – Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people
In an article first published on The Conversation, SCOTT LUCAS, a professor at the Clinton Insitute, University College Dublin, looks at the complex situation surrounding the delivery of humanitarian aid to north-western Syria in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake…
Protesters storm Governor’s office in southern Syrian city, two killed in clashes
Amman, JordanReuters Dozens of demonstrators angry over worsening economic conditions in Syria stormed and ransacked the governor’s office in the southern city of Sweida on Sunday, clashing with police, the authorities and witnesses said. Earlier, more than 200 people had gathered around the building in the centre of the Druze-majority city, chanting slogans calling for […]