Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble. He is rebuilding his destroyed family house in the Qaboun neighborhood near Damascus, Syria 's capital.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Executive director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain speaks with the Associated Press in Damascus ...

DAMASCUS — Some governments are hesitant ... the director of the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday. WFP chief Cindy McCain said Syria’s struggle with hunger is a national and regional ...

(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) DAMASCUS — Some governments are hesitant ... the director of the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday. WFP chief Cindy McCain said Syria’s struggle with hunger is ...

Executive director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain speaks with the Associated Press in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Jan. 14, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

After Assad’s fall, al-Baghdadi was finally able to return. Like many, he was euphoric and hoped it would pave the way for better times despite the many challenges that lay ahead, including rampant power cuts and fuel shortages.

DAMASCUS: Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble. He is rebuilding his destroyed family house in the Qaboun neighborhood near Damascus.

Cindy McCain, the executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme, says aid workers in Gaza are seeing "smooth sailing" since the recent cease-fire deal went into effect. "Getting in is much easier,

CAIRO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian ...

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Conservative commentator Meghan McCain and Puck senior political correspondent Tara Palmeri poured fuel on the fire of the rumor that former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are ...

For more than 30 years, John McCain was one of the leading voices in American politics. The US senator from Arizona ran for President twice, winning the Republican nomination in 2008. He lost the ...