Syria

/ Middle East Issued on: 23/11/2022 - 20:01 The notorious Al-Hol detention camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters, pictured in December 2021. © Delil Souleiman, AFP Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives…

/ Middle East INTERVIEW Issued on: 23/11/2022 - 19:56 A group of young Kurds inspect the aftermath of a Turkish airstrike in the Syrian village of Taql Baql on November 20, 2022. © Baderkhan Ahmad, AP Turkey began a fresh offensive against Kurdish groups in Syria on Sunday amid a concurrent…

Supporters of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) protest against the Turkish attacks in northeast of Syria, in Qamishli, Syria, 20 November 2022. The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement that a total of 89 targets of Kurdish militants in northern Syria and Iraq were destroyed…

Last Updated: November 23, 2022, 17:13 IST Tehran The Israeli air force destroyed what it said was an Iranian drone manufacturing plant located on Syrian territory on October 24. (Image: AFP) On November 9, an unclaimed raid targeted a pro-Iranian militia convoy carrying weapons and fuel from Iraq into Syria,…

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia has pushed for years for a reconciliation between its ally, the Syrian government, and Turkey, which stood on opposing sides in Syria’s civil war. Recent weeks saw the first small signs of possible progress. But that could be threatened by this weekend’s flare-up in tensions between…

AL-HOL, Syria — Inside the sprawling refugee camp in this arid corner of northeast Syria, the kids are everywhere. They’re playing soccer next to a sea of tattered white tents. They’re running along a fence littered with trash and empty bottles. And they’re holding up their middle fingers and throwing…

/ Middle East Issued on: 22/11/2022 - 14:01 A man inspects a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes in the northern Syrian province of Hasakeh on November 20, 2022. © Baderkhan Ahmad, AP A base in northeastern Syria used jointly by Kurdish forces and the US-led coalition was hit in a…

‘Cries of children were unbearable’: Rescued Rohingya refugees recall ordeal at sea JAKARTA/DHAKA: When Hatemon Nesa boarded a wooden ship in Cox’s Bazar in late November, she left a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh in the hope of finding a better life for her young daughters. She set out on…

Turkish officials say suspected Kurdish militants in Syria have fired rockets into a border town in Turkey, killing two people and wounding 10 others...Read More

Former Isis bride Shamima Begum has launched a legal challenge in a London appeal court against the removal of her UK citizenship.  The five-day hearing at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) comes three years after her citizenship was stripped on national security grounds. Begum remains in a detention camp in…