Rights groups nominate missing Khalil Maatouk for Front Line Defenders’ Award
Syrian and Arab rights organizations have nominated lawyer Khalil Maatouk, a prominent human rights activist who has been detained by…
Blast kills one person killed, wounds 7 in Damascus: State media
A blast has been heard in Rukn al-Din district in northern Damascus, the Syrian state-run news agency, SANA, reported on…
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, the U.S. and dozens of other nations pledged $6.4 billion in aid Tuesday to…
Syrian who fled to Germany drops out of race for parliament
A Syrian man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and was running for a seat in parliament…
U.N. seeks $10 billion for Syrians as humanitarian needs soar
The United Nations will urge international donors to pledge up to $10 billion on Tuesday to help Syrians fleeing a…
Number of foreigners moving to Germany hits 10-year low
The number of foreigners living in Germany increased by 1.8% last year, the lowest rate in a decade, according to…
UN deputy Syria coordinator on funding conference
Despite the worsening humanitarian situation across war-ravaged Syria, it’s been getting tougher every year to raise money from global donors.…
Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits’ end. In the last year alone, she lost her home to…
Syrian actors stage play on regime prisoners
Syrian actors from the restive city of Idlib staged a play describing conditions in prisons of the Bashar al-Assad regime.…
Kurdish led forces carry raids on tents in Syrian camp
Thousands of Kurdish-led forces, with assistance from the U.S.-led coalition, launched a military operation Sunday at a sprawling camp in…