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Damascus: About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday, calling for “immediate action”. The overwhelming majority of Syrian children are also in need of immediate humanitarian assistance including food, the charity said, with at least half of…
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Representational image. | Photo Credit: AFP Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday (December 26, 2024), as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more…
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Syrian fighters stand on vehicle parked on a street at the central square in Damascus, Syria, on December 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government killed two Islamic fighters on Wednesday (December 25, 2024) and wounded others, according to interim officials….
Damascus: Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. But at a church in Damascus’s historic centre, surrounded by some 500 faithful who were singing psalms on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, she could breathe a…
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Tehran: Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people’s will and the country’s sovereignty. In a post on X, Shibani said: “Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country’s sovereignty and security. We warn them…
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Syrian citizens gather outside Saydnaya Convent during the lighting of the Christmas tree, in Saydnaya town on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad…
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Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with former rebel faction chiefs, as he reached an agreement with them to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the Defence Ministry, according to a statement from the new administration, in Damascus, Syria on December 24, 2024. Credits: Sana, via Reuters Syria’s new authorities announced…
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This handout picture released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani), in Damascus on December 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria’s new…
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Boys carry bags of bread as people line up on the street to buy in a bakery near Bab Touma, a neighbourhood of the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Syria’s new rulers have appointed a Foreign Minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday (December…
Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. The ruling General Command named Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as foreign minister, SANA said. A source in the new administration told Reuters that this step…
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