
UN commission: Earthquake aid was slow to reach Syria
An investigation should be opened into why it took a week to open border crossings for aid to flow, the commission said
An investigation should be opened into why it took a week to open border crossings for aid to flow, the commission said
The elections will determine whether the country will take a more democratic path or continue on the increasingly authoritarian course set by the strongman politician
The total dead in Syria was 3,553, while in Turkey, officials counted 21,043 through Saturday
Some survivors are being housed in temporary shelters but wondering what comes next after their houses were either destroyed or badly damaged. Rescue efforts continue despite freezing weather and constant aftershocks
Experts said it is too soon to abandon hope for more rescues after a magnitude 7.8 quake rocked the two countries on Monday as the death toll from the disaster passed 11,000
Demagogues – taking advantage of social unrest and polarization – are corroding the strength of democracies. Notwithstanding, institutions continue to show resilience in the face of authoritarianism