Aid Groups Work To Help Syria's Displaced People NPR NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CARE Country Director Wouter Schaap. The humanitarian organization is ramping up its efforts in Syria where thousands have been displaced by ISIS' presence, the country's civil war and other fighting. MARY LOUISE ... |
BBC News | Syria war: Aid reaches starving Eastern Ghouta civilians - BBC News BBC News The UN rights chief has called the plight of people trapped in the Eastern Ghouta "an outrage". UN says aid convoy reaches besieged Damascus suburb in Syria Syrian children flee after kindergarten is bombed in besieged ... UN's Syria aid convoy reaches besieged Damascus suburb |
Aljazeera.com | Syria's warring sides meet for fresh talks in Astana | News | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com Key players in Syria's war are meeting in the Kazakh capital, Astana, for talks aimed at implementing a lasting ceasefire agreement and potentially paving the ... Syria: Russia sees end in sight at peace talks Russian-Backed Syria Congress May Happen Next Month, Focus on Constitution: RIA Turkey Firmly Entrenched in Syria - Until Putin Decides Otherwise |
Foreign Affairs | Syria's Extremist Opposition Foreign Affairs Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was “coming to an end.” But with the rapid decline of both the Islamic State (or ISIS) and foreign support for the so-called rebels, this notion is ... |
UN News Centre | UN official: Over 13 million people inside Syria need aid Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — More than 13 million people inside Syria still need humanitarian assistance and nearly half are in “acute need” as a result of having fled their homes, of hostilities, and of limited access to food, health care and other basic needs ... With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound' |
Christian Science Monitor | Moving deeper into Syria's desert, ISIS appears to be regrouping Christian Science Monitor October 30, 2017 Beirut, Lebanon —Islamic State militants, routed from one urban stronghold after another in Syria, have recently been moving deeper into Syria's remote desert, where experts say they are regrouping and preparing their next incarnation. A threat from Syria to right here Malaysian terrorists had bigger role to play in Marawi than in Syria, Iraq |
Daily Beast | US fights ACLU quest to represent American captured in Syria Fox News Steven Dalbey, director for the Defense Department's office of detainee policy, which receives and reviews all reports filed by the Red Cross, said the American surrendered to Syrian Democratic Forces on or around Sept. 12. Those U.S.-backed forces ... US fights ACLU bid to represent American captured in Syria who allegedly fought with Islamic State |
CNN | Syria Rejects UN Report Blaming It for Sarin Attack New York Times “Syria rejects in form and substance what was included in the report of the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) that was announced yesterday,” the state news agency SANA reported ... UN: Syria responsible for sarin attack that killed scores UN panel blames Syrian forces for Khan Sheikhoun attack UN Watchdog: Syrian Government Responsible For April Sarin Gas Attack |
Voice of America | The Latest: Syria says retreating IS released 25 hostages Washington Post BEIRUT — The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local):. 8 p.m.. A Syrian government official says Islamic State militants have released 25 apparent hostages as they retreated from a town in the central Homs province. Homs Governor Talal Barazi ... Deliberate Starvation of Civilians in Syria Could Be War Crime Malnutrition grips Syria as tunnels to smuggle food have been cut off |
Reliefweb | Syria: NFI Sector NFI Monthly, September 2017, Issue No. 09 Reliefweb Based on various needs assessments inside Syria, the estimated people in need of essential non-food items (NFI) in Syria is around 4.7 million of which 3.3 million are with acute needs. This will serve as the planning figure for 2018 Humanitarian ... |