Syria

Key PointsSave the Children is filing a case in the Federal Court on behalf of a group of women and children stuck in Syria.They want to be repatriated to Australia.Many of the women involved are wives or widows of slain or jailed members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.More than two…

Updated June 4, 2023 at 8:05 AM Published June 4, 2023 at 8:05 AM BAGHDAD - Fifty Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group jihadists and 168 Iraqi members of jihadist families were repatriated from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, an Iraqi official said. Iraqi authorities “received 50 members…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 4 Jun 2023 7:10AM · The Al-Hol camp, in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria, is home to about 50,000 people including family members of suspected jihadists. – AFP pic, June 4, 2023. FIFTY Islamic State-group jihadists and 168 Iraqi members of jihadist families were repatriated…

RAMALLAH: Chilean businesswoman Elizabeth Kassis has turned her ancestral home in Bethlehem’s Old City into a heritage hotel nearly 80 years after her father emigrated to Chile. The Kassis Kassa Hotel is the Old City’s first heritage hotel, reflecting both the city’s traditional architecture and its long-standing association with the…

Foreign Affairs U.S. sanctions are not working, unless our goal is simply to impoverish the Syrian people. Syria has been at war for more than a decade. Its agony continues, with the U.S. punishing the Syrian people for the sins of their rulers. As Syria’s neighbors reconcile with President Bashar…

(May 31, 2023 / JNS) Two businesses and three people associated with those businesses who provided money to Syrian President Bashar Assad have now been sanctioned by the United States government. Starting in 2021, the two companies located in Damascus—Al-Fadel Exchange and Money Transfer Company and Al-Adham Exchange Company—provided millions…

Diplomatic Detente No More? Explaining Iran’s Attempts to Restore Ties with Egypt Graphic by Egyptian Streets The political dynamics in the Middle East are undergoing a rapid transformation, with notable bilateral reconciliation and normalization processes claiming the spotlight in foreign affairs news in recent years – from Bahrain and the…

Author of the article: Published May 31, 2023  •  Last updated May 31, 2023  •  1 minute read BEIRUT — Five members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine militant group were killed in a blast overnight near Lebanon’s border with Syria, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, with…

CAIRO: Advancing economic integration in Africa is key to achieving peace and security on the continent, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said. His comments on Thursday came at the 22nd Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa in Zambia. He said: “Egypt has assumed the leadership…

A Moscow court on Tuesday refused to release a theatre director and a playwright detained over their award-winning play about Russian women recruited online to marry radical Islamists in Syria. Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and author Svetlana Petriychuk are accused of “justifying terrorism” and face up to seven years in prison…