Turkish Refugee Camp

Shamima Begum's latest legal loss means she remains condemned to spend the foreseeable future in a grim Syrian refugee camp - cementing her descent from a straight-A pupil to an exile wanted by no one.  The Londoner was a Primark-loving 15-year-old when she travelled to Istanbul in Turkey from Gatwick…

Photo: Mass protests in Washington, D.C. on 4 November, 2023. As the war on Gaza enters its 30th day, dialogue has begun between the United States and the Palestinian Authority over the prospects of having a post-war Gaza governed by the PA. Meanwhile, Turkey and Egypt are working together to…

I had barely stepped foot over the threshold and I already felt claustrophobic. I wanted to turn back. People shuffled into the room in front of me, while somebody else stood directly behind me, a little too close. It felt hard to escape. I could see Nola lying in a…

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This story is no longer being updated. For our most recent coverage, follow live updates here. Israel and the West Bank are dealing with a renewed outbreak of the coronavirus, leading to proposals and measures intended to curb its spread and mitigate the economic ramifications of the crisis by both the…

For thousands of Syrian refugees who have suffered horrific blast injuries after being hit by barrel bombs and other devices of death in their war-torn homeland, the only option is amputation. When you see the damage a blast injury can do, it’s a shock to the system and is so…

CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2020 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement on Friday, calling on the Turkish military to halt airstrikes in northern Iraq, and urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to stop the military actions.  “USCIRF calls on Turkey…

Life in Malawi's biggest refugee camp has been turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. But not every change has been for the worse. Innocent Magambi calls himself a refugee for life. Born in a refugee camp in Congo, he grew up in four more camps in as many different…

Eight villages near the border of Iraq’s Kurdistan region have been emptied as residents flee a Turkish military offensive called “Operation Claw-Tiger” directed at positions allegedly held by the PKK, the Kurdish separatist party that has long been engaged in hostilities with the Turkish government. Kurdish news service Rudaw reported…

The government of Turkey announced Operation Claw-Eagle on Monday, a bombing campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. The PKK, a U.S.-designated Marxist terrorist organization, established itself in the northern Sinjar region of Iraq largely in response to the 2014 attempt by the Islamic State to commit genocide…