Syria says UN can deliver aid through shuttered Turkish crossing for six months
United NationsReuters The Syrian Government on Thursday said the United Nations could use a border crossing from Turkey to continue delivering aid to north-west Syria for another six months after the Security Council failed to renew its authorisation for the operation. The UN aid deliveries would have to be “in full cooperation and coordination with […]
Essay: Syria’s earthquake survivors struggle in a disaster made far worse by civil war, bombed-out hospitals and currency collapse
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based academic ORA SZEKLEY says the consequences of the earthquake in Syria can be explained in part by the country’s devastating civil war…
Children among 547 detained Syrians declared dead – rights monitor
Beirut, LebanonReuters Ever since Yehya Hijazi and his two sons were detained in 2012 by the Syrian Government, their relatives had clung onto the hope they were still alive and might be released one day. But after a decade of silence from the authorities, their hopes were shattered when the independent Syrian Network for Human […]