Syria's government said it evacuated 5,000 residents of the town of Adra near the capital Damascus over the weekend, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. "Thanks to the efforts of the Syrian army, the ministry of social affairs evacuated more than 5,000 residents of  the town...

In front of me now, as I am writing this piece, are the names of fifteen person who died due to starvation exacerbated by dehydration. Regime forces have, on top of the food blockade, also cut off all water supplies to Yarmouk. The starved were all inhabitants of...

"We live a life which no one can stand" That's how the 73-year old woman started to speak. "I live the hardest times in my life. I have Blood Pressure, problems in my thyroid and in short of Calcium. I can't find my medications as they're not available because of the siege." This...

  That half of his farm lies in Syria and half in Lebanon is a source of mystery and inconvenience for Mohammed al-Jamal, whose family owned the property long before Europeans turned up and drew the lines that created the borders of the modern Middle East. Jamal has mostly...