Syria’s crisis is set to enter its 13th year in March. Although the level of violence across the country remains relatively low today compared with earlier years, the crisis is a long, long way from …
Targeting Iran, U.S. tightens Iraq’s dollar flow
For months, the United States has restricted Iraq’s access to its own dollars, trying to stamp out what Iraqi officials describe as rampant money laundering that benefits Iran and Syria. Iraq is now …
The Grisly Cult of the Wagner Group’s Sledgehammer
which had its own distinctive methods of carrying out executions and promised its fighters similar spoils — including sex slaves and property confiscated from minorities in Iraq and Syria — in …
New York woman charged with sending cryptocurrency to Syrian terrorist group
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the indictment of a woman on Tuesday for allegedly sending cryptocurrency to a terrorist organization based in Syria.
Syrian woman donating proceeds of breast milk soap sales to charities to thank Ireland for ‘life of her dreams’
A Syrian entrepreneur is giving 15% of all sales her new breast milk soap to homeless charities to say thanks to Ireland for giving her the life of her dreams. Reham Ghafarji, 28, a mother of two has …
Middle East corruption rankings: Syria most corrupt, UAE least, Turkey slipped
Corruption remains rampant across the Middle East and North Africa, Transparency International reports, with the region’s average score in combating corruption hitting a new low of 38.
New report sheds light on Turkey’s ‘systematic oppression’ against Kurds in Afrin
Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A report published by two Syrian rights groups on Wednesday reveals a “systematic oppression policy” by Turkey and its Syrian mercenaries against the residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in …
New York City woman charged with financing terrorist groups in Syria through cryptocurrency
A New York City woman has been charged with using cryptocurrency to provide financial support to terrorist groups in Syria, a rare prosecution involving virtual currency to fund terrorism. The …
Regional power plan for Lebanon held up over Syria sanctions – French official
Egypt is still seeking assurances that U.S. sanctions will be waived in order to start exporting gas to Lebanon through Syria under a plan first announced in 2021 to help ease Lebanon’s power crisis, …
Woman detained in Syria says Ottawa is forcing her to make agonizing choice in order to get her kids to Canada
A woman held in a detention camp in Syria, along with her three Canadian children, says the federal government is forcing her to make an agonizing choice: relinquish custody of her kids so they can be …