Syria

ANKARA (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, Iran and Syria may hold consultations in early May as part of Russia's attempt to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments, Turkey' foreign minister said on Monday. NATO alliance member Turkey has been a major backer of…

God shines through: A woman tries to set up her tent (above) damaged by a windstorm that hit 60 refugee camps and 11 temporary shelters for earthquake survivors in Idlib, Syria. (Muhammed Said/Getty Images) God is in every dark corner, say those who have suffered in Ukraine, Mozambique and the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals. Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city’s Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews…

Mazloum Abdi escaped unharmed when the drone hit Sulaymaniyah airportMazloum Kobani, SDF commander-in-chief, in December 2018. Reuters Beta V.1.0 - Powered by automated translation The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) confirmed late on Saturday that Friday’s drone strike on the airport in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq…

“The IDF sees the State of Syria responsible for all activities occurring within its territory and will not allow any attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty,” says the Israeli military. (April 9, 2023 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday struck targets in Syria in response to six rockets fired…

The US Navy deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Middle East waters via the Suez Canal, a spokesperson revealed Saturday. The Pentagon's rare disclosure of the location of one of its Ohio-class submarines came amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran after…

Updated April 7, 2023 at 10:20 AM Published April 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM OTTAWA - Canada’s government on Thursday repatriated 14 Canadians – four women and 10 children – from detention camps in north-east Syria where foreigners who had allegedly been affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…

The RCMP have arrested three Canadian women in Montreal after the government repatriated them from a northeastern Syria camp for ISIS suspects and their families.  The RCMP said it's seeking a terrorism peace bond against Ammara Amjad, Dure Ahmed and a 38-year-old third woman the police force hasn't named. Amjad and Ahmed appeared in an Ontario…

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Multiple Canadian women and their children are on their way back to Canada after spending years held in camps for ISIS suspects and their families in northeastern Syria, according to their lawyer. Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon told CBC News that some of his clients were moved out of the Al Roj camp overnight.…