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Syrian medics launched Tuesday the first cholera vaccination campaign in the rebel-held northwest since a deadly outbreak began last year, amid increased fears of contagion after last month's devastating earthquake. Health workers were going door to door to inoculate people in homes and displacement camps in the Idlib region, the…

PH Red Cross calls for donations for Türkiye earthquake victims The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has called for donations for the victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkiye and the neighboring country, Syria. An injured child awaits treatment at the Bab al-Hawa hospital following an earthquake, in the rebel-held…

correction A previous version of the map accompanying this article incorrectly showed subdistricts in the northwest of Syria under control of the Syrian government. The graphic has been corrected. BEIRUT — The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday brought to the forefront an issue Syria has battled with…

HATAY - Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved frigid weather, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Disaster agencies said several thousand buildings were flattened in cities across a vast border region -- pouring misery on an…

Before dawn on Monday, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. Hundreds of buildings were toppled and at least 3,400 people were killed. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers search for the hundreds believed to be trapped under the rubble. “Because the debris removal…

LONDON: Three Americans who were detained by the Iranian government for over a year are suing their former captors, arguing that they are owed damages by the Tehran regime for the suffering and torture they endured while being imprisoned on baseless charges of espionage. The trio — Sarah Shourd, Shane…

Since 2013, Russian forces, alongside Syrian regime forces, have been intensively bombing civilian areas in northwestern Syria. Despite several ceasefire agreements signed between 2013 and 2021, the Russian military has still been dropping illegal munitions and has carried out thousands of air strikes targeting civilian areas. Our Observer, who lives…

Updated 23 hours ago · Published on 22 Jul 2022 9:40PM · A Syrian man walks next to a destroyed house following a Russian air strike on the outskirts of the rebel-held city of Jisr al-Shughur in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on July 22, 2022. – AFP pic, July…

Thousands of protesters in war-torn Syria's rebel enclave of Idlib on Tuesday marked 11 years since the start of an anti-government uprising, buoyed by the global outcry over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Gathered on the main square in the northwestern city of Idlib, more than 5,000 people took part in…

Syrian regime shelling killed six civilians including women and children on Saturday in Idlib province, the country’s last main jihadist and rebel bastion, a war monitor said. An AFP photographer at the scene reported seeing several bodies being taken away from a wrecked home in Maarat al-Naasan, an area close…