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Rebels assume control of Yabroud, deny retreat- activists

 Syria rebels in Qalamoun have denied reports that Assad’s forces entered the embattled city of Yabroud. “Yabroud did not fall,” Yabroud local coordination said in statement posted online, “Assad's forces and Iran proxy Hezbollah have retreated due to the patriotic resistance of...

Syria agrees greater access for aid supplies: UNICEF

Syria's government has promised greater access for aid groups supporting millions of Syrians, but faster progress is needed to tackle a dire humanitarian crisis, the head of the United Nations children's agency said on Friday. UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake, speaking at a...

Third Anniversary: A Child of the Conflict

  Ashraf was born the very day the Syria conflict began: March 15, 2011. He is the seventh child in a family from Homs. Within a week of his birth, the conflict arrived in his neighbourhood. For months his family rarely left the house. Some days there was non-stop bombing, others were...

Syria's economy devastated by war, propped up by allies

Syria's civil war has ravaged the country's economy, causing damage that could take years to repair, and people have been forced to focus on finding basic necessities, like food and fuel, experts say. Gross domestic product has plunged nearly 40 percent since 2010, the year before the war began,...