DAMASCUS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Over 2.3 million Syrians have returned home since Dec. 8, 2024, a UN refugee agency official said Thursday, noting that returnees face critical shortages of housing and ...

CAIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Thursday condemned Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's approval of plans to build 3,401 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank.