Asia Syria Aiming to facilitate humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people, the USA took action to let NGOs deal with elements of local government despite American sanctions, and gave them wider latitude in their activities
Asia Syria Three sculptures looted from the ancient city of Palmyra in 2009 or 2010, dated to the third century bC, have now been returned to the country after being later intercepted by Swiss customs police in a Geneva free port
Asia Syria A new building, consisting of 3 large amphitheaters, 12 educational rooms and 16 administrative offices, has been inaugurated at Damascus University by Prime Minister Hussein Arnous for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Asia Syria Several European travel agencies are now organizing tours in the country, after an interruption of about ten years in consequence of the war
Asia Syria Thousands of students participated in the annual university carnival on Monday, which brought together students from the medical and engineering faculties of Damascus University and ended with a basketball game
Asia Syria After days of the news circulating in Syrian and pan-Arab press, it has been confirmed that Interpol reintegrated the country into its information exchange system, suspended in 2012 in the context of international sanctions against the Assad regime
Asia Syria The Nobel bookshop, one of the most important in Damascus - active since 1970 - has closed; it's the latest in a long series of closures of bookshops and publishing houses, which has dried up the Syrian much-needed cultural life
Asia Syria A decade of war has left more than 350.000 dead, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council, noting that this total is an "undercount of the actual number of killings"
Asia Syria Several interactive exhibitions were organised to introduce high school graduates to university majors
Asia Syria The directorate of education in Daraa province has asked all staff and students to attend in alternative locations after the schools went out of service after terrorist organizations rejected the settlement solutions
Asia Syria The Museum of Popular Traditions in al-Jadidah neighborhood, one of Aleppo's historic houses that was sabotaged and destroyed, is under restoration to fix the unique decorations of the house's courtyards
Asia Syria The city of Lattakia is hosting a sports tournament organized by the Homeland Wounded Project and the General Sports Federation; 92 participants, wounded from war, will compete in swimming, table tennis, badminton, basketball from today to 25 August
Asia Syria For the first time, Syrian Scientific Olympiad’s students participated in the Iranian Combinatorics Olympiad, organized remotely with high participation of countries