Tag: Damascus
Israeli police say dozens arrested in Jerusalem clashes
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces...
Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in a move aimed at speeding...
Majority of nations approve suspending Syria’s OPCW rights
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In an unprecedented vote Wednesday, member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog suspended Syria's voting rights at the organization...
First batch of COVID vaccines lands in opposition-held Syria
IDLIB, Syria — Syria's last rebel-held enclave received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with a refrigerated truck offloading over 50,000 of...
1st woman applies to run for Syria’s presidential elections
BEIRUT — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for Syria’s presidential elections, the parliament speaker said Tuesday, becoming the first...
Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of COVID-19
PARIS — Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived,...
Israeli police clash with Palestinian crowd in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli police clashed with hundreds of Palestinian protesters outside Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, firing stun grenades and a water cannon to...
UAE sends Syria aid to help it fight spread of coronavirus
BEIRUT — Syria received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with food items and medical aid to help the war-torn country...
Russia and West spar over vote to punish Syria over weapons
UNITED NATIONS — Russia sparred with the United States and its allies Tuesday over a vote later this month that could strip Syria of...
Syria: Israel fired missiles on suburbs of capital Damascus
BEIRUT — Israel carried out a missile attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and its southern suburbs early Thursday, Syria’s state media reported...