Syria

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read CAIRO - (Reuters) - Islamic State on Thursday claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Syria the previous day, saying it had killed 40 Syrian army soldiers and badly wounded six others. The statement was carried by Islamic State’s Amaq news agency. Syrian state…

Syrian government forces arrive in the town of Tal Tamr, not far from the flashpoint Kurdish Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on the border with Turkey. (Delil Souleiman, AFP) Turkey said on Sunday its military killed 15 militants from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which it said was preparing to…

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Updated 5 days ago · Published on 25 Dec 2020 11:50PM · Pope Francis has urged all nations to shared their Covid-19 vaccines with the needy in his Christmas message. – EPA pic, December 25, 2020. POPE Francis in his Christmas message today called for “vaccines for all, especially the…

At least eight climbers killed in Iran, ship crew missing after snowfall and storms Local news agency reports said the number of people unaccounted for could be as high as 12 Search and rescue efforts were halted for the night and would resume on Sunday Updated 26 December 2020 Reuters…

We streamed. We Zoomed. We ordered groceries and houseplants online. We created virtual villages, while navigating laptop shortages so that we could work and learn from home. In many ways, the pandemic-induced isolation so many of us experienced during 2020 pushed our dependence on technology into overdrive, chipping away at…

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced more sanctions on Syria, intensifying pressure on President Bashar Assad to end the country’s vicious, nearly decade-long conflict. The new sanctions target Syria’s central bank, Assad’s in-laws, and others.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the United States was intent on “holding accountable the Assad regime…

Sham Al Mukdad: "The uncertainty, the fear of illness, of death, has made us appreciate how it can all be taken away, so swiftly, and without reason. I already know this, as a refugee." Sham Al Mukdad grew up in Daraa, Syria and fled the war-torn country to Turkey in…

“In some ways, this job has helped me rebuild my own life. I can now help others heal and develop mental health resilience, too,” says Ayat Al Huseein, a thirty-year-old refugee from Syria, who left with her family by boat for Greece about three years ago and is now working…

By Deborah COLE (AFP)     1 hour ago in World Germany said Friday it would allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive refugee influx.The EU's biggest economic power and most populous member allowed in…