FAMINE IN GAZA – Palestinian children collect water in jerrycans at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on...
Filipinos in Syria were urged to stay in contact with the Philippine Embassy in Damascus amid the current situation in the country. ASSADS FALL – Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP) "We express concern regarding the situation of...
DOHA (AFP) -- Iran will meet pre-tournament favorite Japan in the Asian Cup quarterfinals after surviving extra time with 10 men before defeating Syria, 5-3, on penalties on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Iran's players celebrate their win at the end of the Qatar 2023 AFC Asian Cup football match between Iran...
OUR LAST PEACEFUL DINNER FOR A WHILE Just minutes before the air strike, a family party, and after, eating without electricity For most people, words like airstrikes and missiles are just stuff they hear in the news. Gaza is just another name on the map, Syria is just a place with a civil war. But...
By Jellyn Gueco TASTE OF HOME Author found ways to cook the dishes from her home country, even in war-torn Syria Six years ago, I left my glamorous life in Dubai and moved to a warzone. I know that this line sounds like the beginning of an explosive action movie that one would probably expect to...
A convicted Filipino national in Syria has been released from a women's prison in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Philippine Embassy in Syria said Monday. The female national, whose charges were not disclosed by the embassy, was already repatriated to the Philippines and arrived in Manila the next...
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (2nd-L) speaking with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) while Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) speaks with the Deputy Emir of Mecca Prince Badr bin Sultan bin...
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Telegram account on May 10, 2023 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Saudi's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, in Damascus. (Syrian Presidency Telegram Page / AFP) DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia was preparing Thursday to host an Arab regional meeting on ending Syria's isolation at a time of dizzying diplomatic shifts following its deal to resume relations with rival Iran. Friday's nine-nation talks in Jeddah, the Red Sea gateway to Mecca, come after...
JERUSALEM -- Israel launched artillery strikes on Syria Sunday morning, the Israeli army announced, after several rockets were fired from there and landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel's retaliatory strike to rocket attacks from Syria -- which no one has claimed -- is the latest...
GENEVA, Switzerland- The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after the earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people. Donors have so far contributed $268 million to the $1 billion flash appeal issued by the UN following the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The death toll from retaliatory US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria following a deadly drone attack has risen to 19, a war monitor said Saturday, as Washington insisted it is not seeking conflict with Tehran. Further rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias took place late...
