Syria
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A builder’s life in war-torn Syria
Jul 4, 2017News Hour: When builder Abu Salem repairs a shell hole in a house in rebel-held southern Syria, he knows it might not be the last job he does on the structure. “There is a chance the... -
U.S. chemical attack warning untrue, aims to justify new attack, Syria says
Jun 29, 2017News Hour: The Syrian government said a U.S. warning this week to Damascus not to carry out a new chemical weapons strike were baseless and a ploy to justify a new attack on the country, state... -
15 new cases of polio confirmed in Syria, including a child from Raqqa
Jun 20, 2017News Hour: Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Aid workers are unable to vaccinate... -
WFP delivers food to displaced families in Syria
Jun 17, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food to displaced people in seven hard-to-reach areas in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor governorates in northern Syria, where regular deliveries of humanitarian assistance have been... -
Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of U.S. base in Syria
Jun 17, 2017News Hour: The Iraqi army and Sunni tribal fighters have dislodged Islamic State from the al-Waleed border crossing into Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Saturday. The capture of al-Waleed removes Islamic State fighters from... -
Syrian Kurds free Islamic State slaves
Jun 14, 2017News Hour: Islamic State militants enslaved Noura Khalaf for three years, dragging her from her small Iraqi village across their territory in Syria. They bought and sold her five times before she was finally freed with... -
Whatsapp enables monitoring of attacks on health care workers in Syria
Jun 11, 2017News Hour: The messaging service Whatsapp is being used in Syria to help monitor and collect data on attacks on health care workers and facilities, providing robust data in support of advocacy and accountability efforts. The... -
A polio outbreak confirmed in an area of Syria
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: A polio outbreak has been confirmed in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the World... -
‘This is for Syria’ Notre Dame attacker shouted, before being shot
Jun 7, 2017News Hour: A man armed with a hammer shouted “this is for Syria” before attacking police officers on Tuesday outside France’s Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the interior minister said. The assailant wounded one officer before... -
Air strikes since Thursday evening have killed more than 100 people in Syria
May 26, 2017News Hour: Air strikes since Thursday evening have killed more than 100 people including children and other family members of Islamic State fighters in al-Mayadin, a town held by the jihadists near Deir al-Zor in eastern...
