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U.N. aid reached Rastan town despite aerial bombing

(Zaman, Al Wasl)- First cross-line convoy in November entered the hard-to-reach town of Rastan in central Homs province with aid for 107,500 people, U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Tuesday. Local activists said 51 vehicles carrying food rations entered the...

Use of chlorine weapons suspected in east Aleppo

Containers of a chemical suspected to be chlorine were dropped by helicopters on rebel-held east Aleppo on Tuesday, causing breathing difficulties in some people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the local health authority said. The Britain-based war monitor said its network of...

“Horror is now usual” One million Syrians living under siege

In the past six months, the number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled. Today there are almost one million Syrians being “isolated, starved, bombed and denied medical attention and humanitarian assistance.” The latest figures from the UN come a week after deadly airstrikes by...

Homs: 8 civilians killed in regime strikes on Latamneh town

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians were killed in the northern countryside of Hama province when regime warplanes hit the town of Latamneh with five vacuum missiles, local activists said Tuesday. The rebel-held countryside of central Homs province has been under severe siege along with...