Syria

/ Middle East Issued on: 09/10/2021 - 09:47 Rifaat al-Assad during an interview with AP in his office in Marbella, southern Spain, May 27 2005. © Paul White, AP (archives) The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned home from 36 years of exile to dodge arrest in France,…

28-year-old Muhammed Naser was a law school sophomore in Aleppo, Syria, when one day he was shot in the back. The stray bullet damaged his spine, leaving him paralyzed. Muhammed managed to flee Syria despite his severe injury. He was carried over the Turkish border by kind strangers who had…

Son Heung-min (left) and Kim Min-jae share a hug after a match against Syria in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday. Son Heung-min and Hwang In-beom scored a goal each to lead Korea to a 2-1 victory over Syria in the third match of the final round of Asian Qualifiers for…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Denmark have brought home 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected Islamic State group members have been held, the German foreign ministry said Thursday. Germany repatriated 23 children and their eight mothers from the Roj camp on Wednesday evening,…

Mirage News 5 Oct 2021 8:16 am AEDTDate Time Thank you Mr President and may I also start by thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. Mr President, we are disappointed that despite Council members making clear, month after month, the importance of resolving the outstanding issues in Syria’s chemical…

Islamic State (ISIS). Representational image/Reuters Mohammed Khalifa, 38 and born in Saudi Arabia, was captured during a firefight in January 2019 by Kurdish-dominated Syrian forces allied with the US. AFP Last Updated:October 03, 2021, 07:23 ISTFOLLOW US ON:A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent…

Under Israel’s blockade, Gaza fishermen struggle for a catch High prices of fuel in the enclave means that fishing operating costs are crippling, making them stay closer inshore The permitted fishing zone was expanded last month to 15 nautical miles Updated 24 October 2021 AFP October 24, 2021 09:11 GAZA…

A U.S. drone strike has killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria, the Pentagon said. The September 20 strike hit a vehicle on a rural road outside the city of Idlib in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person, the Associated Press reported. That person has been identified as…

The organisation called for the international community – particularly countries that have already benefitted from decent vaccination roll-outs – to urgently support and fund relevant authorities and NGOs in the fight against the pandemic and to help impacted children. Save the Children earlier this month warned of a sharp increase…

Turkey is seeking closer coordination with Russia on regional issues, particularly in Syria, where it hopes to work with Moscow to eject US forces from eastern Syria. It is not clear yet what Ankara’s latest plan is, as in the past it has invaded and ethnically cleansed parts of northern…