UNHCR9h
If we neglect immediate humanitarian needs in Syria, social and political divisions will not heal
Without global support, millions of Syrian refugees and displaced persons will see their dream of return ruined, warns Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The Economist9h
Time is running out for Syria’s president
The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...
The Economist12h
After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...