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Syrian Arab Red Crescent trucks stand in the besieged neighborhoods of Homs to supply humanitarian aid (REUTERS/Thaer Al Khalidiya)

Cease-fire in Syrian city falters, aid halted

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—Two trucks carrying food and medical supplies into rebel-held neighborhoods in the central Syrian city of Homs turned back under heavy fire Saturday, leaving four paramedics wounded as a cease-fire faltered, Syrian officials said. Talal Barrazi, the...

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A Syrian woman carries buckets to fill with water at a refugee camp at Delhamiyeh village in the Bekaa valley, eastern Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

UN aid chief says 40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian assistance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Around 40 percent of Syria’s population now requires some form of humanitarian aid, UN Undersecretary General Valerie Amos warned the Security Council on Tuesday. A spokeswoman said Amos, head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of...

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Syrian refugees stand near their tent at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border, near Mafraq, Jordan, on Friday, July 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Syria: Opposition premier to form interim government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The prime minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government, Ahmed Tu’mah, began consultations on Tuesday aimed at forming a government in rebel-held parts of Syria. Tu’mah, who was recently elected interim prime minister by members...