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Syria Announces 200 Percent Public Sector Wage, Pension Increase
Syria announced on Sunday a 200 percent hike in public sector wages and pensions, as it seeks to address a grinding economic crisis after the recent easing of international sanctions. Over a decade of civil war has taken a heavy toll on Syria's...

The Māori values that make good sense in science
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Syria Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 20, Injures Dozens More During Church Attack: 'Cowardly Act'
NEED TO KNOW At least 20 people were killed after a suicide bomber opened fire and detonated explosives inside a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 22 At least 53 others, reportedly including children, were injured in the...

Syria News: Islamic State Suicide Bomber Strikes Church In Damascus, At Least 15 Dead
(MENAFN- Live Mint) At least 15 people were killed afteran Islamic State suicide bomber detonated himself inside a church filled with people in Dwelaa area of Damascus in Syria on Sunday. The blast took place as people were praying inside the Mar...

Syrian Airlines diverts its Monday flights to Aleppo Airport
Damascus, SANA – Syrian Airlines announced today that all its flights for Monday will be operated through Aleppo International Airport. Syrian Airlines clarified via its Telegram channel that passengers will be transferred by special buses from...

Syria: 13 dead and 53 injured in suicide attack at Damascus church
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Witnesses said an explosion rocked St. Elijah Church in the Rif region of Damascus on Sunday, killing 13 people. A witness told Reuters that a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the church. A security...

Despite the missiles flying overhead, this Lenexa medical aid group kept caring for refugees in Jordan
Even though missiles began flying overhead, a volunteer group based in Lenexa said they successfully completed their mission in Jordan to serve residents and refugees without access to medical care. What volunteers for Global Care Force had...

If Syria Normalizes Ties with Israel, It Is Complicit in Genocide – Analysis
Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara’a. (Photo: video grab) By Robert Inlakesh As has always been the case, Palestine is the litmus test, and Damascus has so far failed it dramatically. Israeli media are now reporting that there are advanced...

Syria news: Islamic State suicide bomber strikes church in Damascus
At least 15 people were killed afteran Islamic State suicide bomber detonated himself inside a church filled with people in Dwelaa area of Damascus in Syria on Sunday. The blast took place as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church. "A...

Syria announces 200% public sector wage, pension increase
File: People walk past shops in Homs on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP) Damascus: Syria announced on Sunday a 200 percent hike in public sector wages and pensions, as it seeks to address a grinding economic crisis after the...

Pakistani startup Bioniks ships prosthetics to Gaza war survivors
KARACHI: Sidra, a young girl from Gaza who lost her arm in the Gaza war, has received her first bionic limb, fitted by a Pakistani startup, Bioniks, in Jordan. As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her...

Syrian authorities regain control of northern Aleppo in deal with Turkey
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Deputy Governor of Aleppo Ahmad Yassin announced on Sunday that Syria’s transitional government has formally assumed administrative control over the northern regions of Aleppo Governorate, following a bilateral...

White House expresses hope Syria will join Abraham Accords
The United States is hopeful that Syria will be among a number of further Arab countries to join the Abraham Accords in the coming period, with the White House Press Secretary confirming that Donald Trump has spoken to his Syrian counterpart on...

Syria, UNHCR discuss needs of returnees, means of enhancing stability
Daraa, SANA- Syria and UN discussed Saturday the aspects of cooperation, the needs of returnees and ways of supporting efforts aimed at enhancing stability. That came during a meeting held at the Governorate headquarters between Daraa Governor,...

Despite the fall of Assad, the illicit drug trade in Syria is far from finished
Despite the current government hostility to trade, the country remains a center for the production and distribution of medication. During the country’s long civil war, the Assad regime was affected by sanctions and diplomatic isolation, and...

Reckoning after the wreckage in Iran: A conversation with Arang Keshavarzian
When Israel launched its attacks on key military facilities in Iran on June 13, escalating its war in the region, now in its second year, fears of a broader spillover mounted, though its scale remained unclear. Twelve days later, with only a...

Human rights group calls for Syria to extend support to torture victims
On Thursday, Amnesty International called upon the new regime in Syria to provide support to people who were detained and subjected to torture in its military prisons. Survivors of Syria’s detention system face severe mental and physical...

Christian leaders urge unity after deadly Damascus church attack
Church leaders in the country have urged for peace following a string of attacks [Getty] Key political and religious figures in Syria have issued a call for calm following sectarian tensions and confrontations that erupted after the bombing of the...

Suicide Bombing at Orthodox Church in Damascus
A suicide attack targeted an Orthodox church in Damasus, Syria on 22 June, claiming 25 lives and leaving over 70 people injured. Two terrorists armed with machine guns attacked Saint Elias Orthodox Church, located in Dwelaa, one of the poorest...

“My Nationality Is Their Right”: Syrian Women Renew the Fight for Equal Citizenship Rights
Following the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syrian women are seizing what they see as a historic opportunity to challenge one of the most entrenched forms of legal discrimination in the country: their inability to pass on their...