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Syrian children walk in the street as a United Nations and Syrian Red Crescent inter-agency aid convoy arrives in the town of Utaya, in the militant-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, Feb. 14, 2018 (AFP)

February 14th, 2018 - 06:21 GMT

Sally Shakkour

First UN Aid Convoy of the Year Reaches Eastern Ghouta

The U.N. humanitarian affairs office said Wednesday that the convoy, carrying medicine and food, entered Nashabiyah, a town about 19 kilometers (12 miles) east of Damascus, earlier in the day.

The patients, including three children and one adult, were being treated for cancer, kidney failure and hemophilia. (AFP/File Photo)

December 28th, 2017 - 01:47 GMT

Over 600 that Remain in Syria's Eastern Ghouta Need 'Urgent Care'

"These fellow human beings must have access to food and medicine. Now." (AFP/File)

November 23rd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Opinion: The Deliberate Targeting of Civilians Led to the Eastern Ghouta Crisis

“It is like rebirth, a new beginning,” a resident says. “Will my neighbors ever return? I don’t know" (AFP/File)

November 12th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Haunted by an Air of Ambivalence: Homs Residents Describe Returning Home

Buses carrying civilians from two government-held villages in Idlib wait in Aleppo, before the explosion. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 15th, 2017 - 02:31 GMT

Dozens killed and injured as explosion targets evacuated civilians in Syria

Syrian government forces stand guard as civilians and rebels began evacuating the district of al-Waer in the city of Homs. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

March 18th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Syrian rebels and families start leaving Homs

Hundreds of civilians were killed as the city was relentlessly bombarded in the siege from July to December 2016. (AFP/File)

March 2nd, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

UN: Syrian regime and opposition both accused of war crimes in battle for Aleppo

A damaged truck carrying aid is seen on the side of the road in the town of Orum al-Kubra on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 20, 2016, the morning after a convoy delivering aid was hit by a deadly air strike. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

September 21st, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

UN suspends aid deliveries to Syria following ‘deliberate’ attack

The aid convoy goes through final preparations before departing from Damascus. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

February 17th, 2016 - 09:37 GMT

One hundred aid trucks leave Damascus for besieged towns in Syria

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December 29th, 2015 - 09:00 GMT

Over 450 people evacuated from Syria: UN

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April 9th, 2014 - 11:19 GMT

Syria: Aid delivered to rebel-held areas of Aleppo for the first time in 10 months

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February 13th, 2014 - 07:03 GMT

More Syrians dying than ever before as peace talks stumble in Geneva

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February 11th, 2014 - 07:57 GMT

Syria: Civilians to take over Yarmouk refugee camp after Al Nusra withdraw, new deal stipulates