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Chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria over 19 issues

The global chemical weapons watchdog criticized Syria for failing to declare a chemical weapons production facility and respond to 18 other issues, while Russia accused the watchdog of conducting a “political crusade” against its close ally, the Syrian government. The clash Friday...

Lebanon: UNHCR new aid cut is unfair, refugees say

Arsal (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian refugees in Lebanon have received two text messages announcing the discontinuation of the financial and World Food Program provided to these families by the UN Refugee Agency. The first text sent by the UNHCR to the families alerting them that, “Due to...

Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'

The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town. Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians in Mai-Kadra with machetes and knives or strangled them with ropes. The stench of bodies lingered for days...

Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting, to alarm

In a development the United Nations calls "disturbing," Ethiopia Friday said it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting them on buses back to the border area with Eritrea, the country the refugees originally fled. The news...