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There were no Filipino casualties in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that also affected Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, Feb. 14. This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed...

Filipino films featured in first International Women’s Film Festival in Syria A historic moment for women empowerment in cinema, the first ever International Women’s Film Festival opened this week at the Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts or the Damascus Opera House. Under the patronage of Dr....

The affidavits provided by human trafficking victims to the Philippine Embassy in Damascus have led to the arrest of the mastermind believed to be behind the illegal recruitment of Filipinas from Zamboanga to work as undocumented household workers in Syria. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy...