Asia Syria The Syrian Network for Human Rights published its monthly report summarising the situation in October; among other topics it highlights that Russian-Syrian alliance forces carried out at least 85 attacks on vital civilian facilities in north-west Syria
Asia Syria Israeli fighter jets struck Aleppo International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, knocking it out of service, according to Syrian state media, marking the fourth such alleged attack in a fortnight
Asia Syria The country is observing official public mourning for a period of three days for the victims who died in the attack on the al-Mamdani hospital in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Asia Syria The International Court of Justice has confirmed the imminent start of hearings on the case 'Syrian Assad regime's crimes against Syrians'
Asia Syria 3.121 Syrian refugees left Jordan in the first eight months of this year to return home, according to UNCHR data; in 2022, the number of Syrian refugees returning to Syria from various countries reached 50.966 compared to 35.624 in 2021 and 38.235 in 2020
Asia Syria Syria's Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform participated in the 26th session of the Commission on Near Eastern Forests and Ranges, organised by FAO in Amman
Asia Syria In a significant display of public dissatisfaction that has grown over the past week, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Syria, demanding the immediate resignation of President Bashar al-Assad
Asia Syria Air traffic at Aleppo airport has resumed after an Israeli airstrike on Monday, Reuters reported
Asia Syria There are still between 5.000 and 7.000 members of the Islamic State group ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the UN estimates
Asia Syria Over 23.000 Syrian refugees will be supported in Jordan thanks to Japan's allocation of $2,5 million for a specific UNHCR project
Asia Syria Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Independent Rapporteur on Protection of Rights while Countering Terrorism, expressed concern that hundreds of very young boys have been wrongly separated from their mothers under 'unproven' belief that they pose a security risk
Asia Syria Due to Russia's veto, the UN Security Council failed to extend the cross-border mechanism to deliver humanitarian aid to four million people in north-west Syria
Asia Syria 90% of Syrian population lives below the poverty line has warned the UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths; millions face cuts in food aid next month because of a funding shortfall - the $5,4 billion UN appeal for Syria is only 12% funded