United Nations Humanitarian coordinator for Syria Yacoub al-Hillo spoke Saturday to opposition activists in Douma, roughly 10 km northeast of Damascus, after entering the town along with a United Nations, World Food Program (WFP) and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) caravan carrying 16...
The UN Palestinian refugee agency on Tuesday resumed food distribution in the besieged Yarmuk camp in Damascus after a two-week halt. UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said aid workers distributed 465 food parcels in addition to bread and jam, as well as 2,000 doses of polio vaccines and...
Shopping is no longer among the priorities for Syrian families in Damascus due to the rapid and drastic increase in the prices of clothes as a result of factories’ closure and the inflation which ate the Syrian Pound. Damascus shops lie empty and people only pass by them to take a look at the...
It was cold and dark in the psychiatrist's office in downtown Damascus. The electricity had just gone out, a regular occurrence these days in the Syrian capital, and he wore a jacket and scarf for warmth. Patients used the light from their mobile phones to climb a narrow staircase up...
