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…

Published November 21, 2022 at 5:53 PM ISTANBUL - Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey’s border town of Karkamis on Monday killed two people and wounded six, a Turkish regional governor said. “Five mortars/rockets were fired... towards Karkamis centre. Two of our compatriots died. Six of our citizens were wounded,…

Turkey on Sunday said it launched airstrikes into Syria and Iraq over the weekend targeting those it holds responsible for last week's deadly bombing in Istanbul. Photo courtesy of Turkey's Ministry of Defense/Release Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Turkey's ministry of defense said it launched air strikes over the weekend hitting…

Turkey has launched a string of offensives in neighbouring Syria since 2016 targeting Kurdish militias, Islamic State group jihadists and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. The latest, in Iraq and Syria and dubbed Operation Claw-Sword, come ahead of a general election in June that will see Turkish President Recep…

Syrian Foreign minister Fayssal Mekdad has appreciated Indian support to his country amid the decade-long crisis it has been facing. In an exclusive interview with WION correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Mekdad said: "You know at a time humanity doesn't mean anything for western power, we found all human noble concepts prevailing in Indian…