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Turkish authorities arbitrarily arrested, detained, and deported hundreds of Syrian refugee men and boys to Syria between February and July 2022. Although Turkey provided temporary protection to 3 ...
The Special Focus section of the Syria Economic Monitor presents main findings from World Bank-EU 2022 Syria Joint Damage Assessment (DA) of Selected Cities in Syria. The Damage Assessment, relying ...
A U.S.-led sanctions campaign aimed to force Syria’s brutal leaders to step aside. A multibillion-dollar illicit drug industry arose to preserve their grip on power.
The 2022 Syria DA finds that as of January 2022, total damage across the assessed cities and sectors was estimated at US$ 8.7–11.4 billion. Of the total damage estimate, 68% of damage or US$5.80–7.8 ...
Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...
In 2022, ICRC and SARC aided millions in Syria, providing food, health care, water repairs, and livelihood support amid ongoing crises. Over a decade on, millions of people across Syria continue to ...
QAMISHLI, Syria, July 21 (Reuters) - Poor rainfall, fuel shortages, soaring fertilizer prices: it's been a bad year for farmers in northeastern Syria where a disappointing wheat crop looks set to ...
“Syria cannot afford a return to larger-scale fighting, but that is where it may be heading,” he said on Wednesday. In recent months, an intensification along Syria’s northern front has ...
Children with disabilities caught up in the Syrian war are at greater risk of harm and lack access to the health care, education, or humanitarian aid needed to protect their basic rights. The ...
Turkey's armed forces have conducted several large-scale military operations over the decades in northern Iraq and northern Syria against Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Islamic State and the ...
“When we think of Syria, there comes to mind the verse of the Book of Lamentations: ‘Vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?’” Pope Francis said.
Syria was, for a time, a central concern of much of the world. The human toll of the war is staggering. More than 300,000 civilians have been killed, according to the United Nations .