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Hand-wrapped cigarette, Syrians’ new source of income

(Eqtsad)- Abo Mohammed, a farmer from Jabal al-Akrad in the countryside of Latakia, used to produce dozens of tons of apples and peach, but now he relies on cigarettes wrapping for a shop in Antakya to earn some money to cover living cost.  He works for more than 10 hours a day to...

Ahlan Bear: Stuffed animal welcomes Syrian children to Canada

(Middle East Eye)- Sasha Naffaa knows how lonely it can be to leave your friends behind when you move to a new country. That’s why the fourth grader hopes a stuffed animal, designed specifically to welcome Syrian refugee children to Canada, can help ease their difficult transition....

Syrian regime's Aleppo advance slows but victory in sight

The Syrian army's advance in Aleppo slowed on Thursday but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Bashar Assad vowed that retaking the nation's second city would change the course of the six-year civil war in his favor. Lightning gains in recent days in which government forces...

Half of Syrian refugees in Turkey are under 18

Over 1.3 million Syrian refugees in the country are under the age of 18, the Interior Ministry has revealed Thursday. According to the figures collected by the Directorate General of Migration Management, 1,322,187 Syrian children currently live in Turkey. Turkey hosts the largest number...