Syria

LONDON: A new Lonely Planet guide to Great Britain features an entire chapter on the country’s little-known Islamic heritage, which stretches back more than 1,200 years. Published this month, “Experience Great Britain” is part of the publisher’s range of “anti-guidebooks,” so-called because of the unique local perspectives they offer travelers.…

A frontline war doctor has described the moment Queen Elizabeth II had an ingenious idea to help heal his trauma after returning from Syria. Dr David Nott said his "bottom lip started to go" while speaking with the queen who had asked him about his time in war-torn Aleppo, in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters arrested dozens of Islamic State militants and rescued four women who were being held chained in tunnels at the massive al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria that houses IS families, the U.S. military said Wednesday. The operation, which has gone on for two weeks,…

France has rejected an asylum request by a prominent Syrian journalist who contributed to numerous international publications and helped document the crimes committed by foreign jhadists in Syria. He now risks being deported back to his homeland from his current location in Turkey. Hussam Hammoud, who contributed to FRANCE 24 and The Guardian among others, said he…

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PARIS: France’s top administrative court on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in an “ill-gotten gains” case over wealth estimated at 90 million euros ($89 million). Rifaat al-Assad, 85, is the younger brother of Bashar's father and former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad, and…

07 September 2022 - 16:41 By Dominique Vidalon Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was found guilty of acquiring millions of euros' worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state. Image: SANA/Handout via REUTERS / File photo France's highest court on Wednesday sealed a…

correction A previous version of this article incorrectly said the government's temporary protected status designation provides recipients with a path to citizenship. President Biden has proposed such a measure, but it is not U.S. policy. The article has been corrected. The exodus from Venezuela has grown to the point that…

In early August, two children were killed and at least five others injured in two separate attacks in Qamishli and Tal Rifat towns respectively, and on 16 August, one child was killed in rural Kobane, all in northern Syria. On 19 August, six children were killed in an attack on…

The U.S. just sent a very deadly message to the international terrorist group ISIS, as America orchestrated a drone strike in Syria that killed one of its leaders. According to multiple reports, Syrian ISIS leader Maher al-Agal was killed via a U.S. drone strike that occurred in northwest Syria. In…