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Israeli airstrike on Homs leaves 2 dead, 7 wounded

Syrian regime’s military said Israeli warplanes attacked army positions in the country’s central region early Wednesday, leaving two civilians dead and seven people wounded — six of them soldiers. State-run media quoted an unnamed military official as saying the warplanes fired...

Syrian journalist arrested in Jordan, threatened with expulsion

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Ibrahim Awwad, a Syrian freelance journalist based in the Jordanian capital, Amman, who was arrested last week and is now threatened with being sent back to Syria. According to Fared Al-Mahlool, a friend and fellow journalist,...

On the scrap heap: Syria's 'horrific' child labour

Al-Bab (Syria) (AFP) – Syria's decade-long conflict forced 15-year-old Mohammad Makhzoum out of the classroom and into a scrapyard, where the orphan works 12 hours a day to support his younger siblings. Mohammad, who has been working since he was nine, leaves home everyday at dawn for a...