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Hunger and desperation: Aleppo siege tests limits of endurance

As Syria's regime presses a fierce assault on eastern Aleppo, its siege is making life ever harder for civilians who being forced to sift through garbage for food and scavenge firewood from bombed-out buildings. With winter setting in, shortages of food, medicine and fuel coupled with intense...

Lebanon's Future bloc urges solidarity with Syrian refugees

(The Daily Star)- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc issued a statement Thursday calling for solidarity with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, state media reported. “[With regards] to the Syrian displaced brethren, and in particular, the dismantling of some encampments where they are...

Civilians flee to southern Aleppo as regime advances

Syrian pro-government forces have pushed deeper into rebel-held eastern Aleppo, forcing civilians to flee to southern neighbourhoods to escape the onslaught as the regime pressed an assault to recapture the entire city. Recapturing east Aleppo would be the government's biggest victory yet in...

Living conditions deteriorate sharply in Hasaka: residents

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed al-Darbo, 38-year-old, is preparing himself with 7 members of his family to leave Qamishli, Northern of Hasaka to Turkey, via a long illegal route at a cost of $2000, amid unprecedented soaring of food prices. "Moreover, we still suffer of the sugar crisis in towns and...