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Russia sends aid worth $1.3m to Assad

Russia has dispatched another consignment of humanitarian aid worth $1.3 million to the Assad regime   The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the new batch, which was delivered to Damascus this week, includes medical equipment, clothes and food...

Syria's war halves wheat harvest, erodes state share

  Civil war in  Syria  has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government's share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held  farming  areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more...

SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS: A MYSTERIOUS ARSENAL

 Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons has existed for several decades and is considered one of the biggest in the Middle East, but its exact makeup and size remain guesswork as few facts have emerged. UN investigators said Tuesday said they had "reasonable grounds" to believe both sides...