Abdulkafi Alhamdo News Today

Government assault comes after a drone attack on a military college left scores of people dead on Thursday

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has spoken of an "historic opportunity" for Arab states to remake their region, in his first trip to an Arab League summit in over a decade.

While Russian and Iranian support has ensured President Bashar Al Assad’s survival, he remains an international pariah

Plus, a roundup of Al-Monitor's on-the-ground coverage of the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

Regina resident Abdelkarim Al Elaiwy and his wife wife Rawda Al Khalif have not slept since the news of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey broke on Monday morning.

An activist in the rebel-held enclave says hundreds of people are trapped under the rubble, and nobody is coming to help them.

Monday’s earthquake in Syria and Turkey brought the world's attention to a region that was unstable before disaster struck. WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke with Dylan Connor, a Stratford resident who is a member of the Syrian American Council, to hear about what’s being done for victims and their community.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake, followed by a second of magnitude 7.5, hit a large region, destroying thousands of buildings

Activists are angry at the actor for filming in destroyed neighbourhoods ‘as if nothing has happened in order to make money’

Russia has targeted over 1000 schools in Ukraine so far, said the Ukraine government.