LONDON: A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State can return to Britain to challenge the government’s removal …
Judges rule girl who travelled to Syria can return to UK challenge citizenship removal
British judges on Thursday ruled that Shamima Begum, a London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State, should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the removal of her British …
Saudi Arabia, US blacklist targets in Turkey, Syria for terrorist financing of ISIS
File photo of smoke rising in Syria’s Raqqa in 2017 during fights between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and ISIS militants. (Reuters) Saudi Arabia added six entities, including money transfer …
Russian, Turkish troops wounded in attack on Syria joint patrol
Moscow says a Russian and a Turkish armoured vehicle were damaged after being hit by improvised explosive device.
Currencies of Lebanon, Iran and Syria are in freefall with inflation surging, IIF says
Sanctions, geopolitics and Covid-19 have diminished the strength of the three currencies and weakened the economies of Beirut, Tehran and Damascus …
Family of Canadian child stuck in Syria taking government to court
Relatives of a five-year-old Canadian girl stuck in Syria have one question as they head to court in an escalation of a nearly year-long effort to bring the child to Canada: Why won’t the government …
Several wounded in Syria attack on Russian-Turkish patrol
Three Russian and several Turkish soldiers were wounded Tuesday in Syria’s restive Idlib province when a joint military patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device, Russia’s defence ministry said …
Cash crash: Syria’s economic collapse and the fragmentation of the state (July 2020)
To date, analysts have predominantly focused on the impact this crash has had on Syrian households, which are now facing acute financial pressure as poverty rates climb toward 90 percent …
Iran offers unconditional support to Hamas, Islamic Jihad
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Since Hamas and Islamic Jihad remained on the sidelines in the Syrian civil war and left their respective offices in Damascus in 2012, Iran, a staunch ally of the Syrian regime …
UN restarts cross-border aid to Syria but shuts access point
The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn …