Syria

/ Middle East On the ground Issued on: 20/06/2022 - 22:42 02:31 An association helping disabled refugees funded by the European Union, in Gaziantep, Southern Turkey. © FRANCE 24 screengrab Half of all refugees from the Syrian war remain just over the border in Turkey, totaling some 3.5 million people.…

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Syria’s defence ministry says the attack took place early in the morning on the Raqqa-Homs highway. Published On 20 Jun 202220 Jun 2022 At least 11 soldiers and two civilians were killed in an attack in northern Syria after a civilian bus was targeted on a highway connecting the cities…

Project Engineer and Swinburne alum Hiba Mansour is the embodiment of resilience and tenacity in her journey to become a qualified engineer in Australia. In 2017, Mansour fled conflict in Syria, arriving in Australia with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Successfully established as a working civil engineer in her…

It its latest update, the MoD warned Russian forces have precedent in using the routes to funnel civilians into Russian territory, and may do so again as fighting continues in the city of Severodonetsk. The ministry said this tactic has alreay been used in Ukraine and by Russian forces in…

By Gordon Lubold and Michael R. Gordon June 17, 2022 6:23 pm ETAL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar—Russian forces have conducted a series of operations against the U.S.-led coalition in Syria this month, including one this week at a strategically located base in the southern part of the country, U.S. military officials…

US-led coalition forces said they captured a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in an overnight raid in northern Syria. The man was “an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator”, a coalition statement said. Officials told US media that he was named Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi. A monitoring…

A satellite image shows a view of a ship loading grain, in Sevastopol, Crimea June 12, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian-flagged ships have been carrying grain harvested in Ukraine last season and transported it to Syria, U.S.…

The building where US coalition forces conducted an overnight airborne operation to capture an Islamic State group bombmaker, in the village of Hmeirah in the north of Syria's Aleppo province on June 16, 2022. Photo: AFP BEIRUT: US coalition forces said they captured a senior bomb maker of  Daesh in an…

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-led coalition forces captured a senior leader of the extremist Islamic State group in a military operation in northern Syria on Thursday, the coalition said. A statement from the coalition said the captured IS leader was an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator, describing him as one…