IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians held protests Friday in different parts of the rebel-held northwest against recent moves by the governments in Damascus and Ankara to improve ties. The protests in villages and towns in Idlib and Aleppo provinces came a week after the Turkish,...

The Syria Response Coordinators Team confirmed that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria has risen to 15.3 million, an increase of 700,000 people from last year. The figures show that there are 50.8% of the needy in a severe degree, 18.2% in a very severe degree,...

A UN mandate for aid transfer to Syria via the Bab Al-Hawa crossing on the border with Türkiye is about to expire soon and the failure of extension raises fears of imminent humanitarian disaster. The long-running aid operation that allows the use of the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the...

Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since the start of its civil war nearly 12 years ago, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge and severe fuel shortages in both government-run and rebel-held areas. Life in Damascus has come to a near standstill. Streets are almost empty of...