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Wheat and fuel shortages overwhelm Syria

Dr Khaled was queueing for petrol when he got an urgent call — a patient was bleeding from an artery. Normally, he would drive straight to his hospital in Damascus to help, but leaving now would mean giving up the position he had held for 18 hours in the queue. “If I don’t refill...

Mohamed Wahoud: promising bodybuilding champion

Mohamed Wahoud, a Syrian bodybuilder and Jordan’s champion, was born in Khalidiya, one of the neighborhoods that revolted against the regime in Homs city. Like many of his peers, the then 12-year old sought refuge in Jordan with his family, carrying a bag of clothes, painful memories of war...

Syria's veteran foreign minister Walid Moalem dies at 79

Syria’s‬ top diplomat and long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old conflict, died on Monday, the government said. There were no details on the cause of death,...

Turkey reports 3,223 more coronavirus patients

Turkey has registered 3,223 more COVID-19 patients over the past 24 hours, according to figures by the Health Ministry on Sunday.  The country's overall COVID-19 count now stands at 414,278 cases, the data showed. As many as 2,561 more patients also recovered during this period,...