Syria: 10 years of civil war.  Fr Jallouf (Idlib): “The situation in Syria is only bound to get worse.” The threefold impact of conflict, sanctions and COVID-19 on the local population

The Syrian conflict enters its tenth year ( March 15, 2011), with almost half a million deaths. Some 12 million…

Syria: EU-sponsored conference in Brussels on 29 and 30 March. “Supporting the future of the country and the region”

Christmas in Syria. Card. Zenari (Nuncio): “The poverty into which Jesus was born is the same poverty afflicting Syrian children today.” Testimonials from Idlib and Qamishli

The Christian communities in war-torn Syria look forward to Christmas. First-hand accounts from the Apostolic Nuncio, Card. Mario Zenari, and…

Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis: Msgr. Tejado Muñoz (Holy See), “from the emergency phase to integral development”

“Renewed commitment of the Church for the people of Syria, Iraq and the entire region; increased proximity and closeness to…

Syria. Card. Zenari (Nuncio): “The people are growing desperate and poor. Forty thousand poor treated in open hospitals”

Card. Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio, returned on the subject of Syria in a video interview with the AVSI Foundation, scientific…

Syria: caught in the grips of sanctions, epidemic and war, Syrian people struggle to survive

The agony of the Syrian people is never-ending, scarred by a decade-long war, crippled by an economic crisis and international…

EU: international protection to 295,000 persons in 2019, mostly from Syria and Venezuela. Most welcoming countries: Germany, France and Spain

Coronavirus Covid-19: projects under way include “Open hospitals.” Card. Zenari, “convicts and displaced persons are the most vulnerable”

Sixteen cases and two dead, one city, Mnin (Damascus) quarantined: Syria is trying to stem the spread of the Coronavirus.…

Armed combat in Idlib. Father Jallouf (Knaye): “People find shelter in hen houses and under trees”

Fighting escalates in Idlib province, where President Assad’s army and the Russian ally’s air force are fighting against Turkish-backed rebel…

Migrants on the Greece-Turkey border: blocked, pushed back, used by Erdogan as pawns to exert diplomatic pressure on the EU

The Calvary of migrants headed towards the Greek border from Turkey, the gateway to Europe. Encouraged to stream into the…

Syria: Borrell (EU), “serious breaches of humanitarian law are an everyday occurrence in Idlib. A believable political solution must be found”