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Syrian children stand in a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village of Kafr Aruq , in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Thousands left homeless by storms, floods in Syria's Idlib

By Bassem Mroue And Ghaith Alsayed Jan. 29, 2021 11:29 AM EST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian commercial plane coming from Lebanon, lands at Aleppo Airport, Syria, early Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Syrian Air conducted its first flight in a decade between the northern city of Aleppo and Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday, resuming a round-trip route that's been halted since Syria’s conflict began in 2011. (SANA via AP)
Syrian Air makes 1st Aleppo to Beirut flight since 2011

Jan. 15, 2021 06:51 AM EST

Virus hits Syria's national soccer team amid COVID-19 surge

By Albert Aji Aug. 04, 2020 03:44 PM EDT
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least four players and three staff members on Syria’s national soccer team have tested positive for coronavirus and are in isolation,...

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2018 file photo, a woman talks with a soldier of the Syrian army during distribution of humanitarian aid from the Russian military in the town of Rastan, Syria. Over the last two days, members of the UN Security Council have been haggling over cross-border aid delivery to Syria, with Russia, a major ally of the Syria government, working to reduce the delivery of U.N. humanitarian aid to Syria's last rebel-held northwest down from two crossings to just one. A final vote is expected Friday, July 10, 2020 as western countries push on a new resolution to keep the two crossings open for six months, instead of a year. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
Fear of disaster if UN cuts aid entering rebel-held Syria

By Sarah El Deeb Jul. 09, 2020 01:18 PM EDT

In this April 13, 2020 photo, Tariq al-Obeid, displaced from the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria, shows a lesson for his children on a mobile phone in Kelly, a town in northern Idlib. Al-Obeid received the education material from a teacher on a private WhatsApp group. As the world moves online, the Syrians in opposition-held areas are too. In the time of coronavirus, the internet is becoming an educational tool, and one to salvage bonds essential for surviving the brutal conflict. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Online English classes revive ties severed by war in Syria

By Sarah El Deeb May. 17, 2020 02:09 AM EDT