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Syrian children return to school amid deep economic crisis

Nearly four million Syrians students in regime-controlled areas returned to school Sunday, braving the effects of war, a devastating earthquake and a deep economic crisis. But many children do not have classrooms to go to in a country where many educational facilities have been damaged or...

Turkey-Syria detente becoming an uphill task

There were high hopes not so long ago that Turkish-Syrian relations might be revived. This hope will not vanish for good, but an early recovery is not in sight. The relations between these two countries were strained for decades. They started to improve when then-Turkish President Ahmet...

Poverty forces mum to abandon baby in Damascus

A Syrian mother has abandoned her baby girl near a mosque in the capital Damascus, leaving her with only a heartbreaking note, local media outlets reported. According to the reports, the infant was found near the Sinan Pasha mosque in the Bab Al-Jabiya area of central Damascus with nothing...