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DIFDAUTO's Humanitarian Drive: Teaming Up with the Red Cross and Red Crescent for Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief
New York City, NY, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At 4:17 AM on February 6, 2023, two catastrophic earthquakes ravaged southeastern Turkey and northern Syria with unrelenting force, claiming more than 50,000 lives in moments and devastating the...

DIFDAUTO's Humanitarian Drive: Teaming Up with the Red Cross and Red Crescent for Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- DIFDAUTO staff collaborate with Red Crescent teams to transport vital emergency vehicles and supplies to earthquake-hit regions in Syria, empowering survivors to reconstruct their...

ICRC voices: Contending with Syria’s deadly legacy of war
The consequences can be fatal. Since 8 December of last year, Syria has witnessed a tragic rise in casualties from explosive ordnance. Between January and June of 2025 alone, there were more than 500 reported accidents, resulting in 1,048...

Syria: ICRC warns of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Sweida and southern Syria
Over recent days, escalating violence has left communities cut off from humanitarian assistance, with desperate pleas reaching the ICRC from the population facing dire shortages of food, clean water, electricity and medical care. Health facilities...

Blast Claims at Least Four Lives in Syria’s Idlib
(MENAFN) A massive explosion rocked the countryside of Syria's Idlib province on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and five others injured, according to reports from Syrian state media and a prominent war monitoring group. A local news...


Palestinian Prisoner Ahmed Khdeirat Dies in Israeli Detention
(MENAFN) A Palestinian prisoner, Ahmed Khdeirat, 22, has died due to worsening health conditions while held at Ramon Prison in southern Israel, Palestinian prisoner rights groups reported Wednesday. The Commission of Detainees Affairs and the...

Israeli Airstrike Leaves Syrian Civilian Dead in Lebanon
(MENAFN) Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday that an Israeli airstrike overnight in southern Lebanon resulted in the death of one Syrian man and injured two others. The attack struck the town of Deir Siriane, located in the Marjaayoun...

Syria Rejects External Debt After Economic Breakthrough
(MENAFN) Syria's Central Bank Governor Abdul Qader Husariya delivered a decisive blow to traditional borrowing models Friday, announcing the nation will completely reject external financing under new leadership. "Syria, by order of President Ahmad...

Syria Rejects Foreign Debt, Eyes Economic Revival
(MENAFN) Abdul Qader Husariya, the head of the Central Bank of Syria, announced on Friday that the nation has no plans to seek financial assistance from outside sources. “Syria, by order of President Ahmad al-Sharaa, will not resort to external...

Humanitarian Aid Convoy Reaches Syria’s Suwayda
(MENAFN) A fourth humanitarian convoy reached Syria’s southern Suwayda province on Tuesday, according to official state media. Media reported that the convoy, comprising 22 trucks, entered the region via the Busra al-Sham crossing in eastern...

UN: Over 145,000 Displaced in Syria’s Sweida Despite Ceasefire
(MENAFN) Despite a ceasefire announcement, violent clashes, drone strikes, and intense ground combat persist across Syria's southern Sweida province and adjacent areas, the United Nations reported Wednesday, revealing that the number of displaced...

Syria: the post-release emergency programme
Many things changed in Syria on 8 December 2024, especially for those who were suddenly released from detention facilities. Globally, the time after being released from detention is particularly critical for individuals. Many released detainees...

Syrian Families Start Evacuation from Al-Hol Camp
(MENAFN) Early Monday marked the start of a crucial evacuation as the first Syrian families were moved from the PKK/YPG-controlled Al-Hol Camp in northeastern Syria to the northwest region of the country. A total of 176 individuals representing 43...

Syrians Begin Evacuation from Al-Hol Camp
(MENAFN) Early on Monday, the first Syrian households departed the PKK/YPG controlled Al Hol Camp in the nation’s northeast, heading toward opposition held regions in the northwest. Roughly 176 individuals from 43 households — many of them women...

Syrian families get evacuated from al-Hol camp in Syria
(MENAFN) A humanitarian operation on Sunday facilitated the departure of dozens of displaced Syrian families from the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, according to reports. The effort was the result of joint coordination between the Kurdish-led...

US, Jordanian Officials Discuss Syria Ceasefire
(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Washington on Wednesday. The central focus of their discussion was reaching a ceasefire agreement in Syria and reviewing...

U.S. Rubio, Jordanian Officials Hold Talks on Syria Ceasefire
(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Washington on Wednesday to address a ceasefire deal in Syria and the escalating security issues across the region, including...

Blasts Rock Syria Arms Depot, Claiming Five Lives
(MENAFN) A series of powerful explosions tore through an arms depot in northern Syria’s Idlib province on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and injuring 63 others, local sources confirmed. The incident unfolded in the town of Kafriya,...

DR. ERIKA WICHRO SELECTED FOR TOP INSPIRATIONAL LEADER OF THE YEAR IN HEALTH BY IAOTP
Dr. Erika Wichro will be honored at the International Association of Top Professionals annual awards gala in Las Vegas NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Erika Wichro, MPH, MA, MAS, Global Health Expert and...