Syria

Seven people including several civilians were killed Wednesday when a drone strike targeted a weapons factory belonging to Iran-backed factions in government-held eastern Syria, a war monitor said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the strike in Deir Ezzor province, where Iran-backed factions hold sway and where a…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the blacklisting of a Syrian intelligence official accused of killing dozens of people during a 2013 massacre in Damascus. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo March 7 (UPI) -- The administration of President Joe Biden has blacklisted a Syrian intelligence officer seen…

/ Middle East Issued on: 07/03/2023 - 02:48 A Cham Wings Airlines Airbus A320-211 is pictured at Syria's Aleppo airport after flights were diverted from Damascus following an Israeli strike on June 15, 2022. © AFP An Israeli airstrike hit the Aleppo airport early Tuesday and put it out of…

72 games for less than £25 might sound too good to be true, but that's exactly what's on offer as part of the Humble Bundle right now. The gaming bundle site often sells dozens of games for a discount price to raise money for charity, but its current Turkey-Syria Earthquake…

After nearly 20 hours of driving, we arrived in Kahramanmaras, at a scene beyond description. A truly apocalyptic scale of devastation. Building after building, block after block, had been levelled. Rescue teams were working frantically to reach people buried in the rubble of that first magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February…

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim said it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes in a country devastated by civil war. Published On 5 Mar 20235 Mar 2023 Qatar’s emir says he was puzzled by the delay in delivering aid to victims in Syria of last month’s earthquake, adding that…

Last Updated: March 04, 2023, 23:59 IST Geneva A Syrian woman sits in a tent near on the wreckage of a road destroyed in Demirkopru, a small Turkish village now divided by a large crack following two back-to-back massive earthquakes in Hatay on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL…

OTTAWA - The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises that has the world looking to Canada for more help. "The need around the world is enormous," said…

Podcasts Why are broadband customers facing hefty price hikes? Are Arab nations about to re-engage with Syria? And what's going on with the French women's football team? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia Macfarlane, Guy Anker…

Image via Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment The latest Humble Bundle deal allows fans to buy over $1,000 worth of books and games, including Gotham Knights, for as low as $30 as part of a charity relief bundle for the aftermath of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake. According to Humble Bundle, this deal…