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Fighting in Hama province displaces 100,000

Fighting in Syria's western Hama province displaced an estimated 100,000 people between Aug. 28 and Sept. 5, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the governor of the province. Syrian rebels launched an offensive last week in northern Hama, an area of...

Education a leading victim of conflict, says U.N. hopeful

Education is a leading, and hidden, casualty of war, with some 3 million children out of school in Syria alone, said Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian diplomat hoping to become the next head of the United Nations, on Tuesday. World leaders must act to improve education in nations torn by war, Bokova...

Regime air strikes kill 7 people in Idlib province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six people have been killed on Tuesday in regime vacuum missiles attacks on northern Idlib province, local activists said. The four missiles that hit Maerdabseh town have also left dozens wounded. The aerial bombing on rebel-held Idlib has targeted Marret al-Numan, Saraqeb,...

Chlorine-packed barrel bombs injure 100 in Aleppo

Syrian regime helicopters dropped a number of barrel bombs on opposition-held parts of Aleppo’s Sukkeri district on Tuesday, leaving scores of residents injured, according to local civil defense sources. "Regime helicopters dropped barrel-bombs -- some of which contained chlorine gas...