Evening Edition: Civil War In Syria Reaches Ten Years - Fox News
This week marks ten years since Syria has been mired in a civil war that has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands of civilians dead.
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US Backs Release of ‘Low-Level’ Islamic State Prisoners in Syria - Voice of America
An effort to reduce growing strains on overcrowded prisons in Syria, some holding thousands of captured Islamic State fighters, is being met with cautious optimism in Washington, even though it involves letting hundreds of the terror group’s adherents walk free. The plan put...
Healthcare Workers Struggle to Provide Aid in Syria - Washington Report of Middle East Affairs
Nine years after the Syrian civil war erupted, healthcare services in the war-torn country have significantly deteriorated. And as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Syria this summer, medical care in the displacement camps was particularly stressed. On Aug. 4, the government-funded...
Lebanon in Crisis - Voice of America
In the aftermath of the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Middle East and Africa at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in...
UN-Backed Court to Issue Verdict in 2005 Assassination of Lebanon’s Hariri - Voice of America
On Tuesday, a U.N.-backed international tribunal in The Netherlands will announce its verdict in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a roadside bombing with 21 others as his convoy passed along the Beirut waterfront on...
What's Next for Lebanon? - Voice of America
Many Lebanese have tales to tell of how they survived the largest explosion in the country’s history, a port blast right in the heart of Beirut that left 6,000 injured, at least 200 dead and 300,000 homeless. Sometimes it was a door frame that blocked deadly...
Beirut aftermath poses test for US aid to frustrating ally - The Hill
The massive explosions that rocked Beirut this week are posing a test for how the U.S. and international community provide humanitarian assistance amid frustration with corruption among Lebanon’s political leaders. The country was already seen on the brink of...
Lebanon's unravelling could upend the region and US interests — but it's not too late - The Hill
While Americans are understandably preoccupied with multiple crises at home, a catastrophe is looming in Lebanon with significant implications for the United States. Roiled by a major debt crisis that has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Syrians Vote for New Parliament Amid Virus Outbreak, Economic Crisis - Wall Street Journal
Syrians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak and a deepening economic crisis, as President Bashar al-Assad attempts to strengthen his political grip on the country after nearly a decade of war. The tightly controlled vote is...