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At UN, Guterres marks 10 years of Syrian war

The Syrian conflict, which marks 10 years later this month, has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II, with an estimated 2.4 million people displaced in and outside Syria every year since the war begin in 2011. "Syria has fallen off the front page. And yet the...

Young Syrians paying heavy toll for decade of war: Report

A decade of war in Syria has left young Syrians with heavy personal losses and yet to face the rebuilding of their shattered homeland. A new survey by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of 1,400 Syrian nationals living in Syria or in exile in Lebanon and Germany,...

Syrian girl walks to school again with prosthetic leg

A 12-year-old Syrian girl in Turkey was able to walk again after she got a prosthetic leg. Seyma Elcellud was critically injured by shrapnel from a bombing on their house in Syria's Deir al-Zor city seven years ago. Her left leg was amputated below the knee. The attack left...

Syrian ups local wheats purchasing price for 2021 season

Syria's cabinet upped the local purchasing price for wheat for the 2021 season to 900 Syrian pounds a kilogram from around 425 pounds in the past season, Syria's state news agency said on Tuesday. The Syrian pound, which held steady at around 500 to the dollar for several years, went...