Syria

Last month, Quebec's Court of Appeal reduced Alexandre Bissonette's life sentence without parole from 40 years to 25 years. In 2017, Bissonette -- who was 27 at the time -- attacked the Quebec City mosque, killing six men and injuring 19 others, including Aymen Derbali, who became paralyzed for life.…

A car bomb killed 16 people including two civilians and three Turkish personnel on Thursday at a checkpoint in the Turkish-held border town of Ras Al-Ain in northeast Syria, a war monitor said. The other 11 killed were local security forces or members of a Turkish-backed faction manning the checkpoint,…

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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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…