Syrians in Sudan flee war for second time
Cairo, Egypt/Qamishli, Syria Reuters Radwan Hisham Wahba fled Syria in 2012 for Sudan, hoping to build a new life after being shot when his country collapsed into civil war. Now, as violence engulfs his adopted home, he and many other Syrians living there are on the move once more. Days after escaping the bloodshed in […]
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000; Turkey starts legal action against builders
Antakya, Turkey Reuters Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over building collapses. With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll […]
“Starvation on the way”: Border crossing decision weighs on northwest Syria
Idlib, Syria Reuters Hussein Mahmoud, a displaced farmer from Syria’s Hama province who now lives in a camp in northern Idlib, divides the basic items in a food basket he receives monthly amongst his wife and 13 children. By mid-month, the bread, rice, lentils and other essentials he gets as aid are nearly scarce but […]
LIFESTORY: RESCUING THE RESCUERS – SYRIAN “WHITE HELMET” BUILDS NEW LIFE IN THE UK
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the life of a Syrian “White Helmet” Amer now living in England…