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EU, UN seek plan for Syria's future at aid conference

The European Union and the U.N. host a two-day conference starting Tuesday on Syria's future, with Russian-backed President Bashar Assad as firmly in place as ever despite efforts to oust him. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini has billed the gathering in Brussels as a follow-up to...

Syrian agriculture faces $16 billion bill from conflict

Syria's six-year conflict has caused at least $16 billion in damage to agriculture - about a third of the country's GDP - a U.N. agency said on Monday, calling for more funds to salvage local food production as millions go hungry. Fighting has led to extensive crop and livestock losses and...

Emotional reunion shows plight of Syria's lost children

When Jaafar's grandmother recognized him by his birthmark in a Turkish orphanage, months after his parents were killed fleeing Syria's civil war, she held him tight, screaming for joy. The story of how Hajar Saleh, a 47-year-old nurse, spent fraught weeks tracing her grandson in a foreign...