Nouran Mohamed El Hilali

The sub­urb, 15km east of Dam­as­cus has an es­ti­mat­ed pop­u­la­tion of 400,000, who have been un­der siege since 2013.

In the past year and a half, ISIL’s ter­ri­to­ry has been shrink­ing steadi­ly.

WHO says in­creased tax­a­tion on to­bac­co is least ex­pen­sive and most ef­fec­tive tool in re­duc­ing smok­ing world­wide.

UN: Hun­dreds of thou­sands of civil­ians live in be­sieged ar­eas across five provinces and are de­nied ba­sic ne­ces­si­ties.

Province, the epi­cen­tre of protests at the start of Syr­ia’s up­ris­ing, is now most­ly con­trolled by rebel groups.

From Africa and Asia to Latin Amer­i­ca and Eu­rope, re­porters are be­ing killed with im­puni­ty sim­ply for do­ing their jobs.