Syria

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…

The airstrike comes just months after airstrikes in Aleppo killed a Syrian soldier in April. Published: MAY 29, 2023 00:03 Updated: MAY 30, 2023 00:03 A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an…

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC told the court that while attempting to travel to Syria, Suleman had been held by Turkish forces before opting to be part of a prisoner swap with IS. A British man has been given a life sentence for travelling to Syria to join so-called Islamic State…