Cilvegözü (Turkey) (AFP) – Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid queue bumper-to-bumper amid the olive groves at the Turkish-Syrian border, waiting to be allowed across into war-torn Syria. Inside are baby nappies and blankets, but also 15-kilo (33-pound) bags of flour, bulghur wheat,...

 An eighth round of talks on a new constitution for Syria has concluded with rival parties having made very little headway, the UN mediator said. The Syrian Constitutional Committee was created in September 2019 and first convened a month later. The tentative negotiations are aimed...

A Syrian mother appealed to the Turkish authorities not to deport her to Syria and to keep her away from her child who holds Turkish citizenship because she did not obtain a work permit as a makeup artist. The refugee "Rania Sharkas" appeared in a video circulated on social media, while she...

  Jordan's only container port on the Red Sea has been capturing traffic to Syria, Israel and the West Bank as higher ocean freight costs give it an edge over closer but heavily congested Mediterranean ports, its CEO said on Tuesday. Crises from COVID-19 lockdowns to Russia's invasion...