Asia Syria Members of the Syrian civil defence force known as the White Helmets filmed a tutorial to help Ukrainian first responders, with advice gained from first-hand experience of dealing with victims
Asia Syria BASMA, a private charity that supports children with cancer, is now the largest organisation in the war-torn country to offer complete cancer diagnosis and treatment free of charge - and for many this represents the only chance of a cure
Asia Syria President Bashar al-Assad met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, his first visit to an Arab state since the outbreak of war in Syria on 15 March 2011
Asia Syria 6 in 10 Syrians do not know where their next meal will come from, Oxfam said; dependence on imports from Russia will have serious repercussions, exacerbating food shortages and causing soaring food prices that have already doubled in a year
Asia Syria Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said the country supports Russia in the military operation in Ukraine against the West's procedures and provocations, stressing that the country is still exposed to terrorist aggression by Western countries
Asia Syria For survivors of torture and sexual abuse in Bashar Assad's prisons, the conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan last month for crimes against humanity and the ongoing trial of Dr Alaa Mousa represent a major breakthrough
Asia Syria Less than 6% of the Syrian population has completed the vaccination cycle and only 10% have received the first dose, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Asia Syria The number of victims -press reports 'dozens', 48 to over 70- is rising in the clashes in the northeast of the country where Isis militiamen attacked Kurdish-Syrian forces in control of a prison where thousands of 'Islamic State' militiamen are being held
Asia Syria The General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Syria received five archaeological pieces from the Nabu Museum in Lebanon during a celebration held at the Beirut National Museum also sponsored by Syria's ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abul-Karim
Asia Syria China has sent over 4.000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid to the country, with the Chinese ambassador handing them over to the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent at its headquarters in Damascus
Asia Syria Cuba has reiterated its condemnation of the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people at a ceremony to mark the sending of 240.000 doses of the Corona vaccine provided as a gift to the country
Asia Syria Damascus' parliament recently approved the budget law for 2022, with a total amount of $5,3 billion; the figure is lower than 2020 and 2019, a symptom of the deep crisis the country is going through
Asia Syria Preparations are underway to evacuate several other groups of Russian children from the country; Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova added that virtually all Russian children who were in Damascus have returned to Russia