The number of Syrians committing suicide significantly increased in 2020; both in areas controlled by the regime and the opposition, Arabic Post news site reported. The site quoted reports from human rights organisations, relief groups and government bodies which all attribute the increase...

Syrian regime on Wednesday shelled the last rebel last enclave in the country’s northwest, killing at least seven people, including four children, rescuers and activists reported. An international humanitarian organization, World Vision, gave a higher death toll, saying eight people...

A Syrian refugee and former detainee who underwent three years of torture in the Assad regime’s prison system has been admitted into the US’ prestigious Georgetown University. Omar Alshoghre, now a Sweden-based public speaker and activist who seeks to educate the world on his...

On his motorbike, Mohammed Derbas speeds across a field in northeast Syria, slender Saluki dogs galloping behind. He hopes to export them for racing in the Gulf, despite war and coronavirus. Salukis, cousins of the greyhound, have been used for hunting for thousands of years in the...