The European Union on Monday placed sanctions on people and groups linked to what it described as the Syrian government’s “large-scale drug trafficking operations,” and the EU also included one …
Scandal of Syria’s stolen homes: fraudsters use courts to legitimise thefts from refugees
Assad forces said to be in partnership with networks stripping exiles of their property and leaving them nothing to return to …
14 year old San Diego student helps Turkey earthquake victims
A 14-year-old Francis Parker Middle School student started an initiative to help those suffering in Turkey after a devastating earthquake. Two months ago, a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, …
This Syrian refugee couldn’t speak a word of German. Now he’s the mayor.
Ryyan Alshebl’s election was greeted as a victory for diversity in a country that struggles with small but regular neo-Nazi gatherings and has had a surge in popularity of the far right.
Death in Istanbul : The untold story behind Syria White Helmets – POLITICO
I had traveled to Turkey to meet him, a renowned humanitarian and one of the founders of the White Helmets rescue group in Syria. James had the dignified bearing of a former soldier in the British …
Turkish troops kill 21 terrorists in Syria, Iraq: Defence Minister Akar
A total of 21 “terrorists” were killed by Turkish troops over the past four days in northern Syria and Iraq, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said.
Cholera resurges in Syria after earthquakes hamper efforts to control outbreak
Successful vaccination campaign has been severely disrupted by the devastation in February that caused widespread damage to water supply and transport links …
Syria earthquake: Survivors in Idlib feel forgotten
Image caption, More than 10,500 buildings in north-west Syria were damaged by the quake According to the UN, more than four million people in north-west Syria depend on humanitarian aid, the majority …
The forgotten survivors of Syria’s earthquake
Sedra remembers the moment the earthquake struck. The 13-year-old was out of her wheelchair, asleep inside her home in north-west Syria. She and her brother Abdullah could not get to safety. “We screamed for help and no one could hear us,
ISIS beats back Wagner offensive in central Syria
It has been an accepted fact that ISIS ceased being a territory-controlling entity in Syria after its March 2019 defeat in the town of Baghouz. Yet it is perhaps time to reevaluate this perspective on …