Asia Syria As the crisis in Syria continues to worsen after 13 years of conflict, Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has appealed for $4 billion in aid for over 10 million Syrians
Asia Syria Damascus is joining the Global Initiative for Artificial Intelligence Governance, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the third Belt and Road Forum, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates announced
Asia Syria March 15 marks the 13th anniversary of the start of the civil war; since its beginning, some 600.000 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians, and 13,5 million have been displaced, half of them refugees who have fled the country
Asia Syria Syrian women are still targeted for their political views, ethnic affiliations and the roles they hold, thus facing multi-faced violence, said Najat Rushdi, Deputy UN Special Envoy for Syria
Asia Syria The Islamic State has reportedly killed a number of Syrian government forces soldiers in the last 48 hours in central Syria, at a time when ISIS is escalating its attacks in the country
Asia Syria €10 million of EU funds to UNICEF will support 9.000 vulnerable children and young people living in Syrian refugee camps to improve the education, integration and welfare throughout Jordan, including those attending schools in refugee camps
Asia Syria Syria and Iraq warned of dangerous consequences following US attacks targeting facilities of Iranian-backed militants in Iraq and Syria
Asia Syria UN aid workers said they are deeply concerned about attacks on civilians in north-east Syria and warned that flooding in the north-west of the country threatens displaced people
Asia Syria A former Syrian army general, Mohammed Hamo, 65, resident in Sweden, will appear before a Stockholm court for his alleged role in war crimes committed in Syria in 2012
Asia Syria Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh urged the UN to act to stop Israeli violations and aggression against Syria's national sovereignty
Asia Syria The main churches have limited their celebrations to Christmas prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering from the war in Gaza: 'in Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, people are suffering,' said the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo
Asia Syria Students from the Syrian Scientific Olympiad and the National Centre for Excellence won two bronze and silver medals and a certificate of appreciation at the International Scientific Physics Olympiad at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Asia Syria The UN World Food Programme said it will end its main assistance programme in January in war-torn Syria, where more than 12 million people do not have regular access to enough food