Three separate Israeli drone strikes on a coastal village in south Lebanon Friday killed three people, including two Syrian citizens, security officials said. (AP video by Mohammad Zinati) …
Cyprus Says 8 EU States Back Plan to Return Syria Refugees
Cyprus said Friday it is among at least eight EU member states who want safe zones to be declared in parts of Syria to allow the repatriation of refugees from its more than decade-old civil war. The …
Cyprus Says 8 EU States Back Plan to Return Syria Refugees
Cyprus said Friday it is among at least eight EU member states who want safe zones to be declared in parts of Syria to allow the repatriation of refugees from its more than decade-old civil war. The …
8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to …
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
A Turkish court has sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots that broke out in 2014 after Islamic State group militants besieged the Syrian …
Islamic State’s Global Financial Networks: Part I
Five years after the demise of IS’s territorial caliphate in Syria and the subsequent arrival of the IS families in northeastern Syrian camps, IS and its aligned international networks continue to …
Islamic State’s Global Financial Networks: Part I
Five years after the demise of IS’s territorial caliphate in Syria and the subsequent arrival of the IS families in northeastern Syrian camps, IS and its aligned international networks continue to …
6 Powerful Individuals From Saudi, Syria, Russia Violating US Sanctions Flagrantly: Dubai Unlocked
Dubai Unlocked has brought to light the profiles of several individuals linked to sanctioned entities and their ability to invest in Dubai real estate …
Thousands of Syrians facing eviction as Lebanon cracks down
We’re not happy here. The government and the people hate us,” 35-year-old Basil Hussein al-Batoush told Syria Direct at his apartment in Lebanon’s coastal city of Jounieh. The walls of his small …
Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has …