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AL-MOADDAMYEH, Syria (CCTV/Reuters) — A total of 51 trucks of relief materials with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Monday entered Al-Moaddamyeh, a town to the southwest of Syrian capital Damascus. It is learned that five besieged areas in Syria will deliver those much-needed food and medicine to civilians. The relief materials, the third batch to the town in a few weeks, are mainly blankets, soaps, diapers and other daily necessities, and food is not included, […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — US President Barack Obama warned Russia and Damacus that the “world will be watching”, hours before a partial truce was due to come into force in war-torn Syria on Saturday. Obama said “the coming days will be critical” for the ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Washington, and agreed to by both President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and Syria’s top opposition grouping. The deal — which excludes the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group and […]
LONDON, ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as governments focus more on short-term national self interests and implement security crackdowns, Amnesty International warns in it’s annual report released on Wednesday (February 24). The State of the World’s Human Rights said there had been a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights. “The system to protect human rights is itself under threat and needs protection. The system […]
JERUSALEM, Israel (Reuters) — A safe zone should be set up for displaced Syrians camping on the Syrian border with the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, the leader of a Syrian-focussed charity and a leading Syrian opposition figure said on Thursday (February 18). There is a growing encampment in the area where civilians fleeing the five-year Syrian conflict have been gathering. American-Israeli businessman and founder of the Amaliah charity, Moti Kahana, and Syrian politician, Kamal al-Labwani, told […]
AL-MOADDAMYEH, Syria (CCTV/Reuters) — Around 100 trucks with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Wednesday entered five besieged areas in Syria to deliver much-needed food and medicine to civilians. The areas receiving the relief aid are the Damascus suburb of al-Moaddamyeh, as well as al Fouaa, Kafraya, al-Zabadani and Madaya. It is the first time that the Arab Red Crescent has delivered large amounts of relief supplies to the five besieged areas in one day. Thirty-five […]
Syrian refugees welcome the Syria donors conference which was held in London on Thursday, in the hope of being lifted out of dilemma by funds raised in the conference . The donors conference – Supporting Syria & the Region – in London where representatives of 70 nations met has managed to pledge over ten billion U.S. dollars that will get urgent medical care, nutrition needs and job creation for refugees affected by the ongoing crisis […]
TURKISH President Tayyip Erdogan and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala signed bilateral accords on Tuesday (February 2) to increase bilateral economic and social cooperation. Accompanied by Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Maria Sanchez and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the two presidents held a private meeting at the Salon de Embajadores (Ambassadors’ Hall) in the presidential palace. The foreign ministers signed bilateral agreements for cooperation among the two countries’ Chambers of Commerce and official news agencies. The agreements […]
On the eve of the first Syrian peace talks in two years, the UN Syria envoy made an emotional plea on Thursday (January 28) for a peaceful resolution to the bloody and bitter five-year-long war. However, earlier on Thursday the Syrian opposition said it will not attend peace talks due to begin in Geneva on Friday (January 29), derailing the first attempt in two years to hold negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. An opposition […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday (January 28) that defeating “terrorism” had to be Syria’s main priority problem, not who is leading the war-ravaged country. Rouhani said that the main issue in the devastating five-year war in Syria was the threat from the Sunni militant group Islamic State and their supporters, and not Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “The problem today in Syria and the region is not a question of ‘this person’ or ‘that […]
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Monday that they started to transfer relief materials to some 60,000 residents of three besieged towns in Syria. Loaded with foods, medicines, blankets and other aid materials, 49 trucks arrived in the town of Madaya, which located in Damascus suburbs, and towns of Foua and Kefraya, both of which are near Turkey. Data shows about 40,000 residents in Madaya, and other 20,000 in Foua and Kefraya, […]
Civilians in Madaya, a rebel-held town in Syria, finally saw the arrival of four trucks carrying relief aids on Monday. The inter-agency humanitarian aid is part of a deal concluded recently between the government and rebels to alleviate the suffering of thousands of starved people. Madaya, sitting in north of the capital Damascus, is among the three besieged towns where the trucks must simultaneously enter according to the deal. Madaya is held by rebels and […]
