United Nations, Jan 7 (IANS) A snowstorm on December 31 in northern Syria hit 90 sites for the displaced, affecting more than 150,000 people, destroying or damaging 5,000 shelters, UN humanitarians said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said its partners in the governorates of Aleppo, Idlib and Al-Hasakah reported the storm claimed the lives of two infants due to extreme cold.Thousands of people were exposed to freezing temperatures at risk of hypothermia and resp…
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Damascus, Dec 25 (IANS) Syrian security forces arrested a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group during a security operation in the countryside of Damascus, Syrian state media reported.Citing an Interior Ministry source, state-run SANA news agency on Wednesday (local time) said that the operation, carried out in coordination with the General Intelligence Service and a US-led international coalition, targeted an IS hideout in the city of al-Moadamiya in Rural Damascus after intensive surve…