IKEA Foundation helps restore sense of home for Syrian refugees in Iraq
Refugees sleep easier in Kurdistan camp's summer heat with new mattresses and light quilts ? thanks to large IKEA donation.
Bombs in Syria's Aleppo kill 13 pro-Assad fighters - monitor
SYRIA-CRISIS/:Bombs in Syria's Aleppo kill 13 pro-Assad fighters - monitor
Helping to settle a Syrian family in Armenia
It is seven months since I first met Maral Gahvesjian, waiting patiently in a long queue of Syrians of Armenian descent, for their WFP food rations at Charents 20, a residential area of the capital, Yerevan. Maral, her husband and their three sons, fled their home in Aleppo, Syria nearly two years ago - as she put it, "leaving the dark days behind."
Children play during Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo
Children play during Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Children play during Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo
Children play on swings during Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Chinese police shoot dead dozens after attack in Xinjiang - Xinhua
CHINA-XINJIANG/ (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-Chinese police shoot dead dozens after attack in Xinjiang - Xinhua
UN World Food Programme Mourns The Loss Of Respected Colleague Ayman Omar
DAMASCUS -- It is with great sadness that the staff of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria and beyond mark the death of their colleague Ayman Omar, Head of Security for WFP's operation in Syria and the region.
People assist an old woman at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Duma in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus
People assist an old woman at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Duma in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)