The UN said Wednesday that Israel's unilateral "tactical pauses" in the Gaza Strip are not sufficient to address the scale of humanitarian needs. Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq stressed during a news conference that "a...

SOS Children's Villages Sweden informed donors of a temporary freeze on funding to its branch in Syria after uncovering cases of unjustified separation of children from their families between 2013 and 2018, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Zaman al-Wasl. The letter, dated July...

The Syrian government is hopeful that "rational voices" within the YPG/PKK-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the broader Kurdish groups will take the lead in implementing an agreement with Damascus to integrate the SDF into state institutions, a senior official said Wednesday. In an...

Authorities in southern Syria evacuated a group of Druze residents from the city of Suwayda on Tuesday under security escort and with government coordination. “Under government facilitation and security protection, a group of Druze citizens who wished to leave Suwayda have been evacuated,”...