Visiting U.S. Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich on Sunday underlined the important role of Syria in boosting security and stability in the region, the official SANA news agency said. "My visit to Syria comes from my conviction that ...
The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Erika Feller hailed on Sunday the great humanitarian efforts offered by Syria to the Iraqi refugees, the official SANA news agency reported. Feller made the remarks dur ...
The United Nations launched a food assistance program in Syria on Saturday to help thousands of Iraqi refugees who have fled to the country. The program, sponsored by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program, will initially benefit some 35,000 refugees from 9,000 families, the two UN agencies said in a statement.
In a meeting today with Dennis Kucinich, US Democratic Presidential candidate, Syrian President Bashar Assad said that Syria would be willing to participate in a multinational conference and peacekeeping force to help Iraq to manage its transition from occupied country to sovereign nation.
Russia dismissed Friday Israeli accusations that Moscow had stoked this summer's military tensions between Israel and Syria, adding that Moscow's only goal was "to reduce tensions" in the region.
Damascus: Excavations at a 6,000-year-old archaeological mound in northeastern Syria called Tell Brak are providing an alternative explanation for how the first cities may have grown.
Syria, home to as many as 1.5 million Iraqi refugees, has decided to require visas for Iraqis entering the country for economic, trade and educational purposes, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations has sent about 10,000 text messages on mobile phones to help inform Iraqi refugees in Syria that an international food distribution program for them begins tomorrow.
Under normal circumstances, the setting would have been Baghdad, and Al-Hamdani probably would have paid a visit to Ali's and Faeza's leather goods factory, and joined them for evenings of easy conversation in the courtyard of their spacious home.
Syria to Require Visas for Iraqis As of Early Next Month, Iraqi Foreign Ministry Says