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Tag: Idlib province

April 6, 2023

Earthquakes Aftermath,Syrians Face Impending Food Crisis

Farmers are struggling with the devastation in a region essential to supplying food to a rebel-held enclave in Idlib as the northeast of Syria struggles to recoup from the earthquakes that struck in February.

July 27, 2022

Suicide Rates Increased In Northwestern Syria,Bringing...

Isolated, impoverished, and ravaged by conflict Idlib is referred to as Syria’s “last remaining rebel stronghold,” although the majority of residents there depend on humanitarian aid to survive. According to locals, despair has spread throughout northwest Syria, where a growing number of young people are taking their own lives

January 28, 2022

Idlib Hospitals Face Severe Budget Shortages...

Hospitals in the Idlib province, Syria’s last opposition-held area, are on the verge of collapsing, with doctors’ wages being slashed and numerous services being stopped due to severe budget shortages

March 16, 2021

Syria War 10 Year Anniversary Part...

March 15th marks ten years since the civil war began in Syria, and in many places the government of President Bashar al-Assad appears victorious. But in Idlib, the last remaining opposition stronghold, four million people are trapped within a war that some say is far from over

February 25, 2021

Syrian Child Labors

The children of many displaced families in Syria are often doing dangerous, low-paying work as a means to survive because these families are neglected by governments and aid organizations

March 5, 2020

Idlib’s Volatile Security Situation Displaced Nearly...

Escalating levels of conflict have displaced nearly one million people across north-western Syria since early December, in what is now the largest wave of displacement in nearly nine years of conflict

February 28, 2020

Idlib Refugees

The Russian-backed Syrian government push to capture the Idlib province in northwest Syria has worsened the humanitarian situation as nearly 1 million civilians have been forced to flee eastward to safer locations. VOA’s Zana Omer filed this report from Manbij, Syria

February 21, 2020

Humanitarian ‘Catastrophe’ in Idlib

It’s already being called a humanitarian ‘catastrophe,’ and analysts say the fighting in Idlib, Syria is moving closer to more heavily populated areas. And while international aid organizations call for an immediate ceasefire

February 5, 2020

Displaced Children of Idlib

Displaced children and families are moving north toward safer parts of rural Idlib and Aleppo, taking refuge in schools, mosques, unfinished building and shops under rudimentary conditions. Thus, adding to their vulnerability and exacerbating their need for urgent humanitarian assistance as well as basic services, a need continuing to grow by the hour.

August 2, 2019

“Not Only Record Global Warming, But...

The UN chief called on the parties to avoid destabilizing developments and to urgently seek an agreement on a new common path for international arms control. He also strongly encouraged the United States and Russia to extend the ‘New Start’ agreement to provide stability and the time to negotiate future arms control measures

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