Dubai boy meets American who saved his lifeA Syrian boy living in Dubai flew to the United States for an urgent organ transplant – then met the woman whose liver saved his life. Ahmad Akkad, four, was desperately ill with a rare genetic disease wh More… |
Etihad Aviation Group supports education for Syrian childrenEtihad Aviation Group (EAG) has donated school supplies to help thousands of Syrian refugee children at the UAE-Jordan, Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp in Jordan pursue their studies. A senior delegation visited the camp to present More… |
Syrian forces besiege rebel-held AleppoSyrian government forces and their allies again laid siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while Turkish-backed fighters drove Islamic State from all the areas along its border, in two significant but separate developments in the multi-s More… |
Bahrain to build new school for Syrian refugees in JordanBahrain will build a new school for Syrian refugees in Jordan. It follows the success of the Bahrain Academic Complex, which opened in the Zaatari refugee camp in 2012, Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) secretary general Dr Mustafa Al Sayed tol More… |
Civilians, fighters evacuated from Syria townsAbout 350 Syrian pro-government militia fighters and civilians from two besieged Shi'ite towns in northwestern Syria boarded buses and ambulances bound for the Turkish border under a UN-brokered deal among warring parties, aid workers said. More… |
Syrian wins Arab science reality showYaman Abou Jieb, the young innovator from Syria, emerged victorious in the grand finale of Stars of Science held in Doha, Qatar, concluding the seventh season of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development's (QF) " More… |
RCO-built school for Syrian refugee children opensA school for Syrian refugee children in Jordan built by Bahrain has officially opened its doors. The 2,135-sq-m, solar-powered Bahrain School was constructed in Irbid Governorate, north of the capital Amman, under an agreement signed between t More… |
Austria to pull peacekeepers from GolanAustria will withdraw its peacekeepers from the UN monitoring force on the Golan Heights given worsening fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels, it said on Thursday. More… |
Syrian jet flies into Lebanon, fires missileA Syrian jet flew 20 km into Lebanon and fired a missile into a field on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal on Wednesday but caused no casualties, witnesses said. Lebanon has maintained a policy of "dissociation" More… |
Turkish plane in ‘breach of Syrian sovereignty’Syrian air defences had to react immediately to a Turkish jet flying at 100 metres altitude inside Syrian airspace in what was 'a clear breach of Syrian sovereignty', Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said on Monday. 'S More… |