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Syria juice vendor gears up for Ramadan as crisis bites Issued on: 10/04/2021 - 21:14 Ishaaq Kremed, 53, has sold tamarind juice in a busy market in Syrias capital Damascus for more than 40 years LOUAI BESHARA AFP 3 min Damascus (AFP) In a busy market in Syrias capital, 53-year-old Ishaaq Kremed serenades customers and agilely pours tamarind juice from the ornate brass jug on his back ahead of Ramadan. The popular street vendor says he usually has mo...

Riding out a tornado, some frustrating phone calls and the NFL draft – Terry Pluto Updated 6:09 AM; Today 6:09 AM A fourth-round pick in 2000, Aaron Shea loved playing for the Browns and their fans.The Plain Dealer Facebook Share This is the first in a series of stories about what happened to former Browns players on their draft day. CLEVELAND, Ohio – On the day he was drafted by the Browns, Aaron Shea was hiding in his basement. “This was 2000,” said Shea. “The first three rounds o...

News From Antiwar.com ISIS fighters stormed the desert town of al-Saan, in Hama Province, seizing the police station and capturing dozens of people, including both civilians and police. Eight soldiers are also being held. ISIS has been trying to raid areas near the desert that they operate within. Al-Saan was a former stronghold of theirs. The civilians they captured are accused of being informers for the Assad government. Syrian state media reported that the civilians were out picking truffles...

On March 29, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, chairing a virtual UN Security Council meeting on Syria, called on the council to reauthorize the only border crossing for UN assistance and open two others that were shut down last year due to Russian and Chinese objections. “The current approach is unjustified, ineffective, indefensible," Blinken said. "It is directly resulting in the increased suffering of the Syrian people." Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin responded t...

Northwest Syria Market Monitoring Exercise, Snapshot: 1-8 February 2021 Format INTRODUCTION To inform humanitarian cash programming, REACH, in partnership with the Cash Working Group (CWG), conducts monthly Market Monitoring Exercises in northern Syria to assess the availability and prices of 36 basic commodities that are typically sold in markets and consumed by average Syrian households, including food and non-food items, water, fuel, and cellphone data. Of these, 18 items comprise the Surviv...

North Idleb, Syria. General Description of the Programme: GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households. GOAL’s largescale ...

North Idleb, Syria General Description of the Programme: GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households. GOAL’s largescale F...

Boy punches pregnant woman in stomach at Ohio Guidestone; resident defrauded in Easter egg scam: Berea police blotter Updated 8:00 PM; Assault: East Bagley Road A 13-year-old boy staying at OhioGuidestone, 202 East Bagley, faces possible criminal charges after she punched a pregnant worker several times in the stomach at the behavioral health treatment center. The incident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. April 5. The boy had demanded that staff allow him to leave a locked portion of the treatment ...

Mar 23 2021 07:58 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Mar 23 2021 08:42 Gmt+3 The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the Russian Ambassador in Ankara over military attacks in Syria’s Idlib province, pro-government Akit newspaper reported. Alexei Yerkov was summoned by the Turkish foreign ministry to discuss Turkey’s concerns over a recent attack in the de-escalation zone of Idlib, it said. On Tuesday, Russian jets hit a gas facility, a cement factory and towns and cities in the Idlib region n...

General Description of the Programme: GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkey since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service delivery, social safety nets and the protection of vulnerable and marginalised migrants in southern Turkey. GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both th...