Amman / AFP One in three Syrian children have known nothing but a lifetime of war, UNICEF said on Monday, as the country’s conflict enters its sixth year this week. Forced from their homes and schools, orphaned by violence and drafted into work or fighting, a generation of Syria’s children is being shaped by the conflict, UNICEF said in a ...

Beirut / AFP Aid groups were unable to deliver much-needed food packages to four besieged towns in war-torn Syria on Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross told AFP, citing security problems. Since an unprecedented ceasefire came into force on February 27, aid deliveries have reached thousands of people in areas blockaded by regime and opposition forces. Under an ...

Brussels / AFP The European Union must stand up to Russia to defend core political and security interests even while trying to find common cause on issues such as the Syrian conflict, the bloc’s foreign ministers said on Monday. The ministers gathered in Brussels for a regular monthly meeting which for the first time in a year will review relations ...