Director of Coordination of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefs UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).
After years of conflict attacks, Syria’s Al Balaa reservoir was recently restored, allowing water to flow through it for irrigation.With Moawia Atrash and Ahmad Fallaha, Dorian Jones reports the restoration of the dam has provided a lifeline for farmers who are struggling due to ongoing war,increased unemployment, and food insecurity.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Russia to participate in talks with Syria on the return of millions of refugees.Erdogan’s call this week for dialogue with Syria follows a spate of protests and rioting by Turks who want their government to stop hosting refugees from Syria’s 13-year-old civil war.
In Syria’s last rebel-held stronghold, recent crackdowns have scared off a large number of protestors off the streets.But some rallies continue with locals in Idlib, which authorities refer to as Syria’s “forgotten” city, are demanding for the releas’e of political prisoners and economic relief.
Despite fading from the headlines, the Syrian civil war is far from over. Rebel militaries and families on the front lines say that the war is getting deadlier and more intense as it approaches its thirteenth anniversary.
At the al-Hol detention camp in northern Syria, thousands of Syrians are being held along with the families of Islamic State fighters. According to local authorities, none of them can be able to leave the notorious camp without international intervention.
When the magnitude 7-8 earthquake struck northwest Syria on February 6, 2023, thousands of people were already displaced,thousands were killed in the region and 170,000 had become homeless once again. After a year, there is no longer any emergency assistance, and some people are taking refuge in abandoned buildings.
While promoting awareness of female-related health issues in the war-torn country, a new mobile clinic in northeast Syria provides much-needed medical services.
The US has dispatched search and rescue personnel to aid in relief efforts following deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Thousands of civilians have been evacuated from Baghuz, Syria, in the past two days as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces continue battling to recapture the last stronghold of Islamic State in Syria. Among those civilians are hundreds of IS families