Syria

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed on Sunday, 3 May, Cairo’s support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during expanded talks in Cairo with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani.  Al-Shaibani’s visit marks the first by a Syrian foreign minister from the country’s new post-Assad leadership to Egypt. The meeting underscored…

Eva Dumani, 21, finally returned to Albania in February this year, after 12 years and nine days away from her family, and after constant attempts by her uncle to bring her home. Her father took her and her brother to Syria in January 2014, when they were eight and six…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani discussed strengthening bilateral ties and coordinating on regional developments during talks in Cairo, with Egypt reaffirming support for Syria’s unity and rejecting Israeli violations of its sovereignty. In a statement, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Abdelatty hosted his Syrian counterpart…

I visited the city of Mardin, where Turkish, Syrian, and Kurdish people live together. What I found was a culture of pluralism under siege. A café in Mardin. (Saliha Bayrak) My childhood summers in Turkey were marked by adult chatter about the Syrian refugees that had supposedly overrun the country.…

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on President Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians living in the United States. The TPS program grants protection from deportation and…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the justices heard oral arguments on President Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians living in the United States. The…

BEIRUT (AP) — Ahed Badawi lived for more than a decade in Bahrain , a small Gulf country that — unlike her native Syria — rarely made headlines. It provided a refuge for her, her sister and their elderly mother during Syria’s 14 years of civil war . “Nothing at…

A Syrian artist has accomplished a remarkable and deeply inspiring feat by producing a complete copy of the Holy Quran through intricate gold-thread embroidery, a project that took an extraordinary 12 years to complete. This unique creation stands as a testament to both artistic mastery and unwavering spiritual devotion, blending…

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounded ready Wednesday to rule that the Trump administration may end the temporary protection that has been granted to more than 1.3 million immigrants from troubled countries. Congress in 1990 authorized Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for noncitizens who could not safely return home because…