Syria

Tareq Alaows, a Syrian man who sought asylum in Germany, is ending his candidacy for parliament after facing racism and death threats. "The high threat level for me but especially for people close to me is the most important reason for withdrawing my candidacy," Alaows said in a statement. "My…

UN says a record number of Syrians are facing hunger, malnutrition and disease 10 years after civil war began. The United Nations is seeking $10bn in aid to help Syria, saying civilians there continue to face attacks as well as increased hunger and poverty, as the COVID-19 pandemic compounds the…

Three years after Raqqa's liberation from Islamist militants by Syrian Kurdish forces and 10 years after the start of the Syrian civil war, the city that was once the home base for ISIS is struggling to come back to life. Read More

SUEZ, Egypt — The giant container ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for the last week resumed its journey on Monday after being successfully refloated. "The efforts to float the delinquent Panamanian container ship Ever Given are successful," Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority,…

Campaign by nearly 5,000 of Kurdish-led forces follows spike in violence in sprawling camp in northeast Syria. Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria have arrested nine people, including suspected members of ISIL (ISIS), during a security sweep in a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing families of fighters. The campaign by…

BEIRUT — Syria has begun rationing the distribution of fuel in the war-torn country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt's Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that has run aground, the Oil Ministry said Saturday. BEIRUT — Syria has begun rationing the distribution…

Even before the Ever Given ran aground, Syria had been suffering from fuel shortages mostly caused by Western sanctions. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/4tce2 Updated 29 March 2021 AP March 28, 2021 05:05 Topics: Syria suez canal Suez Canal blocked Related Business & Economy WEEKLY ENERGY RECAP: Oil prices defy lockdowns,…

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four Syrians, two women and two children, were found dead on Friday in eastern Lebanon after having gone missing, the governor of Lebanon’s Baalbek and Hermel region tweeted. The four were found, frozen to death, after a search operation by the Lebanese civil defence, army and security…

At irregular intervals throughout Alba Sotorra’s stirring, sobering and vitally humane new documentary “The Return: Life after ISIS,” discreet titles appear to define the foreign terms that crop up. The small group of Western women in this Syrian detention camp are from all over — Canada, the U.S., the U.K.,…

Four Syrian refugees died in bitterly cold weather in Lebanon’s Baalbek-Hermel governorate, the mayor Bachir Khodr said. The bodies of two women and two children were found in the village of Aainata, about 100 kilometres from Beirut, after they were reported missing. Civil defence teams, Lebanese Army units and internal…