Lebanon: UNHCR New Aid Cut Is Unfair, Refugees Say
The UNHCR have announced that financial and food aid for refugees in Lebanon will end, leaving many wondering how they will survive reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
The UNHCR have announced that financial and food aid for refugees in Lebanon will end, leaving many wondering how they will survive reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Syria, and efforts are being taken to stem the spread of the virus, but it is feared that it could be too little and too late reports Sowt Al-Asima.
At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Joel Rayburn said that non-Syrians, in addition to more Syrian nationals could be subjected to the Caesar Act reports Al-Monitor.
Ansar al-Islam has conducted a prisoner swap with the Assad regime, trading a member of Assad’s forces who was captured in 2018 for one of their members, who is believed to be Palestinian reports Alsouria Net.
Following Israeli plans to erect wind turbines on occupied land in the Syrian Golan, Syria has issued a strong condemnation, saying that the move is a breach of international law writes SANA.
A Syrian industrialist has said that the country should start farming pigs, which can be exported to other countries and boost the revenues of the regime’s treasury reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Iran-trained Syrian fighters were killed in an attack by the Islamic State in a dawn attack on the desert outpost outside the Euphrates Valley town of al-Mayadeen reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
In the final weeks of the Trump administration, Ayn Issa could be facing an attack by Turkish forces, as Russia calls on the SDF to allow the regime to move back into the city writes Baladi News.
Syrian truck that are trying to get to the Gulf have been stopped at the Jordanian border and denied entry into the country, with no justification given reports Enab Baladi.
Families that have been forced from their homes by military action are moving to Derik in northeastern Syria, but are finding the conditions there equally difficult, with high rents and the cost of basic supplies reports North Press.
Syria has expressed its support for the general strike called by citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan and reiterated its condemnation of Israeli actions in the area writes SANA.
Khaled al-Saleh, who worked as a senior rescue worker from Syria’s White Helmets civilian defence group, have been given refugee in Germany and flew there with his wife and children on Monday evening reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Parties involved in the Syria crisis are making diplomatic efforts to secure political gains, before the Biden administration take control in Washington writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
President Bashar al-Assad has attended a meeting in Damascus held by the Ministry of Endowments and addressed religious scholars and clergymen writes SANA.
A new settlement agreement has been signed in Daraa, that affects dissidents and individuals who are wanted by the regime reports Alsouria Net.
Hadi al-Bahra has proffered Tunisia and Egypt as examples of how a constitution can include provisions for the affairs of refugees and issues related to human rights reports Baladi News.
A ship that was smuggling oil to Syria and was seized by Lebanese authorities has now been released, in breach of international law, and risking Lebanese exposure to the Caesar Act writes Sowt Al-Asima.
Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer has suggested that Germany may end its general ban on deportations to Syria, angering other German politicians reports Etihad Press.
The Assad regime has ordered militias to smuggle wheat from areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces, in the face of severe bread shortages reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Russia is preventing civilians from returning to the orchards of Harasta, with it expected that the land will be given to them for a military base writes Zaman Al-Wasl.
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