Asia Syria Health authorities have warned of "a large number of cholera cases in Raqqa province and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor province"; Syrian Kurds are appealing to the UN for support
Asia Syria The foreign minister stated that his country "prefers not to raise" the issue of regaining the Arab League seat during the bloc's next summit in Algeria in November
Asia Syria Residents living near the Euphrates River in north-east Syria are suffering the consequences of water pollution caused by oil spills from smuggling operations between areas controlled by Kurdish forces and the Syrian government
Asia Syria The Minister of the Syrian Municipal Administration and the head of displaced persons of the Lebanese Interim Government discussed several issues to ensure the safe and speedy return of Syrian refugees
Asia Syria The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that at least 16 media workers were arrested last week by Syrian Democratic Forces intelligence on 'false' charges of 'espionage'
Asia Syria UN calls for a 'firewall' around the process involving Syria, after diplomatic discussions for the war-torn country were postponed due to Russia's demands, allegedly linked to the invasion of Ukraine
Asia Syria The UN Security Council extended for 6 months the passage of humanitarian aid from the Bab al Hawa border crossing between Turkey and a rebel-held area of Syria; Western countries had asked for a one-year extension, but Russia imposed a 6-month deadline
Asia Syria Tal Rifaat and Manbij are designed as targets of an upcoming Turkish military operation against ‘Kurdish armed groups’, aiming at ‘establishing a 30km security zone’, Turkish President Erdogan declared
Asia Syria The country, now in its 11th year of war, was designated earlier in June as one of the world’s 20 “Hunger Hotspots” by FAO and the WFP; now opposition-held Idlib residents fear that Russia’s veto at the UN could close their only aid border crossing
Asia Syria Bashar Assad's regime and its main supporter Russia are considered responsible for 91% of the death toll since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 - around 228.000 people have been killed, reported the Syrian Network for Human Rights
Asia Syria The country participated in the 5th Festival of Foreign Embassies held in the Czech Republic, organised and sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the participation of 47 countries
Asia Syria Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim, president of the Syrian Farmers' Union, predicted that the country will produce between 1 and 1,2 million tonnes of wheat this season; the estimate only covers agricultural land cultivated in areas under government control
Asia Syria US authorised some foreign investment in areas of northern Syria that are outside government control in areas such as agriculture, construction and finance, in what it said was a strategy designed to defeat the Islamic State through economic stabilisation