( New York Times )- On March 25, an orthopedic surgeon named Ali Darwish was operating on a patient in a suburb of Hama, Syria, when two barrel bombs were dropped at the entrance of the underground hospital where he was working. Soon, a strong smell of chlorine spread throughout the hospital....

( al-Araby al-Jadeed )- International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid for war-ravaged Syria as the UN Security Council convened on Wednesday for emergency talks over a suspected chemical attack that killed dozens in a rebel-held province. At a donor conference in Brussels, UN...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iranian power generating ships expected to provide the coastal cities and towns with electrical power returned the way they came after Russia blocked an agreement to lease the coastal area of Wadi Qandil, north of Lattakia, for 99 years to Iran's Ministry of Defense. Zaman...

( Independent )- With this protracted war dragging its feet, the need for healthcare is perhaps greater in Syria than anywhere else in the world. Pictures of people convulsing and foaming at the mouth after an apparent poison gas attack this week leave us paralysed. The Syrian healthcare...