A pro-regime industrialist submitted a proposal to expand pig farming in Syria, as a move to reinvigorate the regime’s treasury, with the unprecedented economic crisis continuing to spiral. Industrialist Atef Tayfour said that regime officials should establish pens for raising and...

The overall death toll for Syria's civil war has crept up to 387,000 following the least deadly of 10 years of conflict, a monitor said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria, said the new figure included almost 117,000...

A report by the UN refugee agency estimated that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year, noting that the full picture for 2020 is not yet established. “With forced displacement doubling in the last decade, the international community is failing to safeguard peace,”...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday appealed for a record $2.5 billion in urgent funding to provide life-saving aid to 39 million children in the Middle East and North Africa during 2021. UNICEF said in a statement that the amount "includes an increase of nearly US$ 500...