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Parents of Syrians missing in boat tragedy ‘pray day and night’
In war-torn Syria, parents of teenagers missing in a shipwreck off the Greek coast are clinging onto hope their children might be alive, days after the tragedy.
A fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off Greece’s…
Jordan army downs drone carrying weapon parts from Syria
The Jordanian army said on Friday that units on the country’s eastern border shot down a drone carrying weapon parts from Syria.
Border guards, in coordination with other security agencies, spotted the drone and downed it on Jordan’s…
More than 120 Syrians aboard Greece migrant shipwreck
At least 125 Syrians were on board a migrant ship that sank off Greece this week, relatives and activists said Friday, as rescuers scoured the waters for hundreds feared missing.
A blind 15-year-old boy and his 28-year-old sister from…
US announces $920 million in humanitarian aid for Syria
The US announced $920 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Syria during an aid conference in Brussels on Thursday, the State Department said.
The announcement brings the total US humanitarian assistance to Syria and the…
UN food agency says will slash Syria aid by about half
The UN food agency said Tuesday it will slash aid to Syrians in need of basic food supplies by around half due to a lack of funding.
“An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to…
Iraq urges countries to repatriate their citizens from camp housing families of extremist Daesh…
Iraq urged countries on Monday to repatriate their citizens from a sprawling camp in Syria housing tens of thousands linked to the extremist Daesh group, saying it has become a “source for terrorism.”
The statements were made during a…
22 US service members injured in Syria helicopter mishap
Twenty-two US service members were injured in a helicopter “mishap” in northeast Syria on Sunday, the US military said late on Monday, without disclosing the cause of the incident or detailing the severity of the injuries.
The US…
Turkish shelling in north Syria kills Russian soldier
Turkish shelling in northern Syria early Monday hit a vehicle killing one Russian soldier and wounding several others, Syrian Kurdish media and an opposition war monitor reported.
Monday’s shelling came after a day of violence between…
Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkiye halts medical visits
Huddled inside a tent in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Umm Khaled says she fears her baby will die unless she gets specialist treatment in neighboring Turkiye for a congenital heart defect.
Seriously ill Syrians in the country’s last…
Lebanese party seeks Damascus’s approval after rejecting Hezbollah presidential candidate
Lebanon’s former president Michel Aoun has traveled to Syria to shore up relations with Damascus after his party rejected Hezbollah’s preferred presidential candidate.
The Free Patriotic Movement said Aoun, its leader, “traveled on…