Seven years of relentless conflict in Syria have wreaked destruction that the United Nations said on Wednesday had cost the country close to a whopping $400 billion. The figure was released after a two-day meeting of more than 50 Syrian and international experts in neighbouring Lebanon, hosted by the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for […]
UN Stops Relief Drops on Deir Azzour
The UN has decided to stop its programme of dropping relief on Deir Azzour via air- a programme in which food and other relief items were dropped five days of the week for three continuous years, reaching approximately 100,000 people who were living under a siege imposed by ISIS. Recently, regime forces broke the siege […]
Four Years After Ghouta’s Chemical Massacre: The Criminals Remain Free
On 21/8/2013, the Eastern Ghouta was subjected to bombing with missiles containing poisonous gases. Within a couple of hours, 1300 people had died and approximately 2000 were suffering from various levels of suffocation. This attack came to be known as one of the worst massacres Syria had seen since the uprisings began in 2011. At […]
Member of International Commission of Inquiry on Syria Resigns
Carla Del Ponte, a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, has announced her resignation from the commission. She cited the lack of political support for the commission, as well as the fact that- as long as the security council did not act- the commission had absolutely no authority to make a move. […]
Gunshots at a Humanitarian Convoy in Harasta
A UN humanitarian convoy was exposed to gunshots on Saturday evening, resulting in the injury of two people. The convoy- a joint effort between the UN, the Syrian Red Crescent, and the International Committee of the Red Cross- which is made up of 36 lorries, was exposed to gunshot on the Damascus-Homs highway, close to […]
First Humanitarian Aid Convoy of 2017 Enters Syria
A humanitarian aid convoy entered into Muadamiyat al-Sham (rural Damascus), making it the first aid convoy of 2017. The convoy, sent by the United Nations, contained both nutritional and non-nutritional aid for approximately 40,000 people. The last convoy to enter al-Muadamiya was on 23/10/2016.
Regime Forces Commit Genocide in Aleppo
The districts of eastern Aleppo are witnessing a genocide committed by regime forces and its supporting foreign militias after they entered the districts which had been under the control of opposition forces until yesterday afternoon. Upon their immediate arrival into the districts of Sheikh Sa’eed, Saliheen, al-Firdaws, al-Jaloum, and al-Ma’adi, reports of summary executions of […]
On the International Day of Human Rights: International Failure to Stop Obvious Crimes
The Syrian crisis is close to folding its sixth year, having achieved unprecedented levels of crime committed by state apparatus, whether Syrian, Russian, or Iranian, or the entities which work under the care and protection of these states, such as Iranian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Afghani militias. In parallel to the state crimes organised by the […]
Massacre as Aid Convoy in rural Aleppo is Targeted
War planes believed to be Russian targeted an aid convoy in the town of Urum al-Kubra (rural Aleppo) on Monday evening, killing 12 volunteers of the Syrian Red Crescent and burning 20 lorries which held humanitarian aid . Among the victims was Omar Barakat, director of the Syrian Red Crescent of western rural Aleppo. The […]
The Ceasefire: A Step in the Right Direction
The American-Russian ceasefire, which was signed on 10/9/2016, has been extended by a further 48 hours, after completing its third day today. During these last three days, Syria has witnessed a large drop in the number of victims, after an almost complete stop in the activities of war planes and helicopters on residential areas. The […]