Syria donors pledge $6.5 billion in aid hoping to encourage its new leaders down the path to peace
International donors have pledged almost $6.5 billion in aid for Syria. They hope to encourage the new leaders of the ...
Winston-Salem Journal1d
Almost 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado
The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago. The Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern ...
How the Assads sucked Syria dry
The trove of papers, seen by AFP, unveils the Fourth Division’s widespread exploitation of Syria’s war-torn economy, spanning ...
EU steps up financial support for Syrians but says hope is 'hanging by a thread'
The bloc is pledging almost €2.5 billion in further support but says investments hinge on a 'credible' and 'inclusive' ...
TTG Media1d
Will tourists wanting rich culture and warm hospitality ever return to Syria?
On the 14th anniversary of the Arab Spring, TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola asks whether Syria will ever come back as a mainstream tourist destination ...
Syria joins a donor conference for the first time in a crucial phase for its new leaders
The European Union is hosting a donor conference to support a peaceful transition in Syria following the ouster of President ...
CounterPunch1d
The Janissary Barbarians Who Came from the North
Video clips surfaced showing Jableh city as a deserted wasteland, just as a foreign jihadist had boasted on social media ...
Brussels hosts Syrian foreign minister for talks on country’s political and economic transition
The EU is hoping to rally further support for Syria’s fragile transition, days after sectarian violence erupted in the ...
Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war have called on the newly installed interim government to ...
Health News Florida2d
The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?
Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during ...
ZNetwork2d
The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines Of Climate Violence
Although climate change does not directly cause conflict, it makes violence more likely to occur and to be more intense. The ...
Detained Columbia anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil seethed with hatred for Jewish state, ex-classmate says
The female student said she even dropped a class they took together last fall at the School of International and Public ...