Syria

Sunday, February 6, 2022 Refugees in EU About 71,400 applications for asylum were lodged in the European Union and associated countries in November, up by nine per cent from October and the second-highest level since the refugee crisis of 2016, an EU authority said on Friday. Afghans made up the largest…

Mirage News 28 Jan 2022 11:06 am AEDTDate Time Thank you Madam President and thank you to Under Secretary-General Voronkov for his briefing. The evolving situation in North East Syria over the last week demonstrates how, even without territory, Daesh and its poisonous ideology continues to pose a threat in…

In one of Syrian-born artist Mohamad Hafez’s stunning 3D pieces, a figurine of the Virgin Mary stands before an ornate portal, her hands joined in prayer. The building around her, rendered in plaster, paint, rusted metal and found objects, is blasted to ruins. The artwork is titled “Why Have You…

BEIRUT — Jordanian troops killed 27 suspected drug smugglers in a dramatic gun battle along a snow-choked stretch of the Syrian border early Thursday, in what officials described as the bloodiest clash to date in an escalating conflict with criminal networks operating out of Syria. Jordanian authorities said they seized…

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BEIRUT —  Jordanian troops killed 27 suspected armed drug smugglers and wounded a number of others attempting to enter the country from Syria at dawn Thursday, the Jordanian military said — the deadliest encounter so far in a rising wave of confrontations on Jordan’s northern border. The deaths come almost two…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Jordanian military said Thursday that troops have killed 27 suspected smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighboring Syria. AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Jordanian military said Thursday that troops have killed 27 suspected smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighboring Syria. The report…

A Kurdish-led, US-backed force has retaken a prison occupied by Islamic State militants in northeast Syria. Video / AP US-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison seized by Islamic State militants and freed a number of child detainees they had used as human…

Published 21 January 2022 Kurdish forces battled jihadists in northeastern Syria’s largest city Friday following a prison attack that claimed hefty death tolls on both sides and set Islamic State fighters free. The prison break from the Syrian detention facility holding the largest number of IS suspects was one of…

— AFP/FileBAGHDAD: Eleven soldiers were killed in an overnight attack by the Daesh against a base in eastern Iraq, authorities said Friday, in the group's deadliest operation in the country this year. The extremist group took over large swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014, declaring itself a new…