To dodge skyrocketing prices for animal fodder in Syria's last major rebel bastion, farmer Ayman Ibrahim has turned to an aquatic fern used as a fertiliser in Asian rice paddies. Azolla, which looks more like a pond weed than a fern, is regarded as an invasive plant in much of the world but...

A Syrian health organization on Thursday has mourned doctor Mohamed Al-Youssef who died from coronavirus in Turkish hospitals. The SAMS medical relief organization laments the loss of Al-Youssef, 36, who worked with them in the opposotion-held areas in northern Syria as a director of...

Hussein Khattab, a freelance reporter for the Arabic service of Turkey’s state-run broadcaster TRT, was assassinated in the Syrian city of Al-Bab on Dec. 12 by unidentified assailants on motorcycles. Ammar Hamou, a well-known Syrian journalist, was a colleague and friend of the...

Qatar Charity (QC) and Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed a grant agreement to support urgent relief in northern Syria as part of the "Quest Health" initiative. The move came in view of the problematic humanitarian situations of the displaced, the severe humanitarian needs, the...