An exodus of doctors due to the country's faltering economy, coupled with the difficulty of recruiting new graduates, means that some specialities risk disappearing. Health officials in government-run Syria have made frequent warnings in recent months about the deteriorating healthcare...

More than a decade after being forced to flee their homes to escape the civil war, Syrian refugees face increasingly “dire” circumstances as international attention shifts toward more recent conflicts in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine, according to a top official from one of the...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has issued a strongly-worded warning about the consequences of a potential end to UN aid delivered to rebel-held areas of Syria via a Turkish border crossing. A UN Security Council mandate to deliver cross-border aid to the rebel-held areas, without...

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian artillery pummeled the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in April, one family decided to flee, walking for miles with three young children in tow to a nearby village. But it was thanks to a volunteer driver who crossed the front line that they managed to...