Jordan hosts a Middle East summit Tuesday bringing together regional and international players hoping to help resolve regional crises, particularly in neighbouring Iraq.The “Baghdad II” meeting, which will also include officials from France and the Eur…

The United Nations Security Council recently approved a “landmark resolution” to introduce humanitarian exemptions across current and future UN sanctions regimes, including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Al-Qaida sanctions regime. Although the…

Direct flights between Damascus and Muscat are restarting as part of closer collaboration between Syria and Oman, a country at the forefront of the Gulf’s attempt to rehabilitate the Syrian regime.Source: The Syria Report

Syria’s unprecedented fuel crisis, which was triggered by the suspension of Iranian oil supplies, has entered its third week, causing significant price surges and leading the government to implement several emergency measures, including shutting down s…

The number of foreigners who visited Syria this year increased by more than 200 percent compared with 2021, a year impacted by COVID-related restrictions.Source: The Syria Report

600,000 children, adolescents, and women in Homs and Hama to benefit from increased provision of education, basic healthcare, and skill-building servicesDAMASCUS, 19 December 2022 – The Government of Japan has contributed US$5.1 million to UNICEF to pr…

The SRTF is proud to announce the successful completion and closure of its Food Security project: “Complementary Project for Enhancing Food Security in the North of Aleppo Governorate (Phase IV)”, which aimed to stabilise and improve the food security …

This year marked the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which concluded with Qatar National Day. All departments of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) coordinated closely with various Qatari organizations to ensure an exceptional tournament that won internation…

A Libyan court sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death, a statement from the country’s Tripoli-based top prosecutor said on Monday.The death sentences were given out to those convicted of participating in the killing of 53 peopl…

Vast undersea natural gas resources and the right to drill in waters off the coast of Egypt and Libya are prompting recriminations between regional governments after economic interests led Egypt to unilaterally delineate its maritime border with Libya …

The dead bodies of Izdehar Nabil al-Mhanna and Najlaa Abdul Hakim al-Ftieh, two women from Hawayej Boumas’a in western Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was found on December 17, 2022 by local residents on the outskirts of Soor city in the northern suburbs of …

Picture of former detainee Ahmad Adel al-Barghout from Khattab town in the northern suburbs of Hama governorate. Born in 1980, Ahmad was arrested in July 2018 by Syrian regime forces at a checkpoint in Misyaf city in western Hama governorate as he was …