Syria crisis

In this photo released on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, by Suwayda24, people stage a protest as they wave the Druze flags in the southern city of Sweida, Syria. Anti-government protests have rocked south Syria for the past week. Demonstrators initially took to the streets over surging inflation but are now calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, echoing the beginnings of a 2011 uprising that sparked Syria's brutal civil war. (Suwayda24 via AP)
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Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of the 2011 anti-government uprising

Syrian security officers inspect the damage in a residential neighborhood after an early morning Israeli airstrike in the capital city of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, 19 February, 2023. Syrian state news reported that Israeli airstrikes have targeted a residential neighborhood in central Damascus. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
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UN food agency says will slash Syria aid by about half

FILE PHOTO: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar visits Land Forces Operation Center in Ankara, Turkey, November 21, 2022. Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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Turkey tells Russia it will continue to respond to attacks from northern Syria

Syrian refugees prepare to return to Syria from Wadi Hmayyed, on the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Syrian refugees return home as Lebanese repatriation scheme begins

War has killed 1.5% of Syria's population: UN estimate
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War has killed 1.5% of Syria's population: UN estimate

Record 12.3 million Syrian children need aid: UN
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Record 12.3 million Syrian children need aid: UN

People wait to buy bread outside a bakery in Jaramana, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar
Middle East

Hardship deepens amidst Syria's frozen conflict

Ruins shelter Syria’s displaced children
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Ruins shelter Syria’s displaced children

Syrian army enters birthplace of uprising under peace deal
Middle East

Syrian army enters birthplace of uprising under peace deal

In this June 28, 2018 file photo, Syrian refugees gather in and near their vehicles getting ready to cross into Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon. A number of Syrian refugees who returned home have been subjected to detention, disappearance and torture at the hands of Syrian security forces, proving that it still isn't safe to return to any part of the country, Amnesty International said in a new report released Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. It documents what it said were violations committed by Syrian intelligence officers against some returnees, including 13 children between mid-2017 and spring 2021. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Middle East

Returning Syrian refugees face torture, rape: Amnesty

Anchal Vohra. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Assad is friends with the Arab world again

FILE PHOTO: Ahmad Hamra, is pictured with his children outside of a tent at an internally displaced Syrian camp, in northern Aleppo near the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
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World urged to donate to Syria after decade of war

Dr MD Parvez Sattar and Arafat Reza. Illustration: TBS
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United Nations, human rights and a call for national awakening