Syria

FAYSH KHABUR BORDER CROSSING, IRAQ — The nine young mothers rushed into the spartan offices of a Syrian border post, looking for the sons and daughters taken from them two years ago, children they thought they would never see again. The bewildered children, dressed in new puffy jackets from the…

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday urged countries to step up trials in their national courts against suspected war criminals in Syria as the conflict marks its 10th anniversary. FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a session of the…

World 10 Mar, 2021 07:24 PM4 minutes to read A woman carries her baby at a screening centre run by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in February 2019. Photo /AP AP By: Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Syria's 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out…

The Iran nuclear agreement and ongoing U.S. sanctions against Syria have emerged as leading issues of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Middle East tour, where he and his counterparts have issued comments regarding the key issues affecting the region. The U.S. abandoned the 2015 Iran deal under former President Donald…

President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who had given the military free rein in countries such as Somalia. Any drone strikes planned against jihadist groups outside of Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq will…

In this file photo taken on June 30, 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C-R) and First Lady Asma al-Assad (C-L) arrive at Al-Jalaa Stadium in Damascus to meet with regime supporters who made the biggest Syrian flag as a deadly crackdown continued on democracy protests across the country. A decade…

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who had given the military free rein in countries such as Somalia. Any drone strikes planned against groups outside of Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq…

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No country for minorities: The agony of Iran’s ethnic Arabs, Kurds, Balochis and Azeris WASHINGTON D.C.: Iran’s persecution of political dissidents has been well documented. But the popular conception of the “Iranian people” tends to privilege the grievances of Shiite Muslims and Persian speakers over those of ethnic minorities. Prominence…