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6.6 million Syrian children now in need of aid: UNICEF

(AFP)- More than six million children affected by the Syria conflict desperately need humanitarian aid, the UN's children's agency said Friday, with the number in need rising by a third in a year. UNICEF is warning that despite the spiralling numbers the organisation may have to...

Turkish Charities provide food for Syrian Fasters

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Shaaban and his sister Soaad sat on grass around Atatork status in Taksim Square, eating food and sweet they have received from al-Rahman meals in the square. They were not allowed to sit at the...

HRW condemns torture, abuse of women in Syria conflict

(AFP)- Women have been the victims of arbitrary arrest, torture, harassment and discrimination at the hands of government and rebel forces in Syria's three-year conflict, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The New York-based global rights watchdog, in a report, urged the...