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Reports: Assad makes rare visit to country's north

BEIRUT (AP) — Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the northern province of Aleppo on Friday to inaugurate a power station that was once held by insurgents and suffered wide damages during the war, state media reported. Government-held parts of Syria endure more than 12 hours of power cuts a...

Protest outside health directorate in northern Syria

About two dozen people protested Wednesday in front of the health department in Idlib against the possible closure of the Bab al-Hawa crossing that brings in international aid into northwest of Syria. The protest was organized by the Directorate of Health in Idlib along with other...

Lebanon plans to send refugees back to Syria within months

BEIRUT: Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the UN and rights groups, a minister said in an interview on Wednesday. Lebanon has one of the world’s highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1...

Shutting Syria aid crossing would spell 'catastrophe': UN

Beirut (AFP) – A closure of the last aid corridor from Turkey into northwest Syria's rebel-held areas would spell "catastrophe" for millions of people, a UN aid official has warned. "This is one of the most vulnerable populations anywhere in the world," said Mark Cutts, UN deputy regional...