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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 Syria's capital Damascus for more than 40 years LOUAI BESHARA AFP 3 min Damascus (AFP) In a busy market in Syria's 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 more customers during the Islamic holy month starting next week, during which many favour the drink ...

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 of the draft were on Saturday. I watched it on TV. I was like a little kid, waiting for (ESPN’s) Me...

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 at the time of the raid, and ISIS made their way to the police station, capturing 13 police, the in...

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 that Russia considers the US posture as "discrimination against the Damascus-controlled regions when...

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 Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (SMEB; see below), which represents the minimum, culturally adjusted i...