Syria

British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai and Angus Lamont of Crabapple Films, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday. Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of…

Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn traveled to Israel, Turkey, Egypt, Bahrain, and northeast Syria from November 28-December 8.In Israel, Turkey, and Egypt, Special Envoy Rayburn met with senior officials to discuss the situation in Syria. Key topics included the need to address common threats and to work together to…

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly published a report titled The Early Warning Analysis of Acute Food Insecurity Hotspots​.The report highlighted 20 countries globally as hotspots, meaning their food security situation were likely to deteriorate over the next three to six months,…

Published: 4:01 PM December 2, 2020    Updated: 11:05 AM December 9, 2020 Volunteers are fundraising to settle a Syrian refugee family into housing, support and education in Newington Green. Newington Green Sponsors Refugees project volunteer Anastasia. Picture: Submitted by Anastasia - Credit: Archant The Newington Green Sponsors Refugees project…

Helen Naslund is paying a steep price for our collective failure to protect her from male violence. Absent our urgent intervention, this 56-year-old Alberta woman will spend up to 18 years in the penitentiary because she acted in response to the daily threat of being killed by her husband. The…

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When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid EmailA notorious British terrorist has…

A New Jersey woman who served in the Army has been charged with providing material support to a Syrian terrorist group. Maria Bell, 53, was arrested Wednesday at her home in Hopatcong, federal prosecutors said.Bell is accused of sending money and other information to members of the al-Nusra Front and concealing her actions, according to U.S. Attorney…

A new report, the Global Terrorism Index, has ranked Nigeria the third terrorism most impacted country in the world.According to the report, which was released on Wednesday, the number of deaths attributed to Boko Haram in the country increased by 25 per cent from 2018 to 2019. This year’s report…

Some 160 Syrians, including more than 90 children, have arrived in Ireland in the past week as part of the State’s commitment to welcome refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The group was scheduled to come to Ireland in the early summer under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme but was unable…