Syria has been sanctioned, by both the US and Europe

Syria's oil industry, a critical mainstay of the economy and a vital source of government income, is now being targeted by sanctions from both the United States and the European Union

The healthcare system in Syria is currently undergoing major reforms, designed to improve services and cover the population’s increasing move towards the private sector. Will patients, however, bear the cost?

Syria’s public and private sectors are feeling the impact of US economic sanctions

Awareness campaigns are underway to prevent and manage sexually transmitted diseases, which remain misunderstood and underestimated due to pervasive social taboos.

Dina is an attractive woman in her early thirties whose deep brown eyes light up when she talks about her two young children

Energy heats our food, keeps us warm in winter, and lights our lives. So how are the changes to energy price structures affecting the daily lives of Syrian families?

On the back of increasing economic insecurity around the world, the effects of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and climate change causing problems in the food supply, securing access to energy is becoming an aim of many governments’ foreign policies

There are plenty of imitators, but Forward tracked down the original Santa Claus shopping for gifts in Bab Touma. He generously obliged to give Forward Magazine this one-off interview.

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• Assad appoints a 29-member Constitutional Committee, for a new constitution by next February
• Sam Dalla: Was the Chinese model that good?

• Assad appoints a 29-member Constitutional Committee, for a new constitution by next February
• Sam Dalla: Was the Chinese model that good?

• Assad appoints a 29-member Constitutional Committee, for a new constitution by next February
• Sam Dalla: Was the Chinese model that good?