(Writing by Sham Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) UNESCO held a meeting titled “Rallying the International Community to Safeguard Syria’s Cultural Heritage”, in the organization headquarter in Paris between 26-28 May, 2014....
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Wednesday an additional $290 million of aide for U.N. agencies working on the Syrian refugee issue. Kerry made the announcement during a visit to Lebanon, which marks the first in five years by a U.S. secretary of state and comes...
BEIRUT - John Kerry arrived in Beirut on Wednesday, beginning an unannounced visit that is the first by a US secretary of state to Lebanon in five years, an AFP journalist said. Kerry is in Beirut to announce $290 million in aid to boost UN efforts in Syria and neighboring...
It was in Baba Amr, in Syria's Homs, that the armed uprising against Bashar al-Assad erupted, but with people turning out to vote Tuesday as the president sought re-election, the spirit of revolution seemed to have vanished. A loudspeaker outside the Hassan al-Sabet school, the...
