Syria

GENEVA - Countries must reclaim 62,000 people, two-thirds of them children, held in squalid camps in northeast Syria for families associated with Islamic State fighters, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday, describing the situation as a "tragedy in plain sight". Those held in the al-Hol displacement…

It isn't easy, but being able to study during the crisis is a blessing, says Sham Al Mukdad, a Syrian-Canadian who lived most of her life in Syria and experienced a different, harsher kind of lockdown I didn’t expect to start university during a pandemic. But I always remind myself…

Days before the sixth anniversary of its devastating military intervention in Yemen, which began on March 25, 2015, the Saudi government offered a ceasefire to its enemies, the Houthi rebels. Prosecuted by a coalition that includes Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, the…

Updated 4 days ago · Published on 23 Mar 2021 10:40AM · Amnesty International has accused Lebanese authorities of torturing Syrian detainees who were held on suspicion of terrorism. – EPA pic, March 23, 2021. AMNESTY International today accused Lebanese authorities of “cruel and abusive” treatment of more than 20…

US Representative Ro Khanna is consistent. The California Democrat was an outspoken critic of former president Donald Trump’s unauthorized use of military force in the Middle East, and he immediately objected when President Joe Biden ordered air strikes targeting Iranian-backed militias in Syria on February 25. I spoke with Khanna,…

News Jada Loutoo 2 Days AgoANOTHER attempt is being made to repatriate a group of women and children detained at ISIS refugee camps in northern Syria. Earlier in March, a letter was sent to the chief immigration officer asking for passports and other travel documents to be issued to them,…

Published March 22, 2021 1:19am By SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI, Reuters AMMAN — Russian jets hit rebel training camps in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border on Sunday, hours after Syrian artillery killed seven civilians and injured 14 medics in an attack on a hospital in the area, witnesses and rebel sources…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Turkey hit Kurdish militia in Syria.It is the first strike since October 2019.Turkey regards the militia as a terrorist organisation.The Turkish airforce conducted its first strikes in 17 months against a zone in north Syria held by Kurdish militia on Saturday night, a…

The Syrian conflict, which marks its grisly 10th anniversary this week, has been defined by multiple events and actors. Graffiti on the walls of Daraa. Chemical weapons in Aleppo and Damascus. Aylan Kurdi's body on a Turkish beach. ISIS driven from Raqqa. Turkish presence in the northeast and northwest. The…

/ Middle East Issued on: 16/03/2021 - 23:41 File photo: In this July 5, 2014 file photo, an Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from Gaza Strip in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel. AP - Tsafrir Abayov Syrian air defences shot down several Israeli missile…