Today, we are calling on the UK government and all governments to: • Urgently increase the support, both financial and medical, to Syria • Pressure any allies they have within the conflict to …
Oman becomes 1st Gulf Arab nation to resend diplomat to Syria
Oman has sent an ambassador back to Syria, becoming the first Gulf Arab nation to do so since early in the Syrian civil war.
Arizona’s Kayla Mueller, ISIS hostage killed in Syria, becomes a focus of Pence-Harris debate
“Her family says with a heart that broke the heart of every American that if President Donald Trump had been president they believe Kayla would be alive today,” Pence said.
Iran, Syria worried about ‘regional conflict’ of Azerbaijan-Armenia war
Iran now warns of a regional war after Syrian leader Bashar Assad accused Turkey of instigating the war and sending fighters. Iran’s government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday that Iran was …
Two ISIS militants charged in deaths of James Foley and other American hostages in Syria
The pair were part of an Islamic State cell known as ‘the Beatles’ that held journalists and aid workers who were beheaded on camera.
Read the indictment against two ISIS militants charged in deaths of American hostages in Syria
Six years after the Islamic State beheaded American hostages on camera, two men have been charged in U.S. federal court for involvement in those deaths. Read the story.
US announces charges against ISIS members behind beheading of NH’s James Foley in Syria
The Justice Department unsealed charges Wednesday against two Islamic State militants from Britain, accusing them of carrying out a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence …
‘You can hear the bombing right now’: Trump claims a ceasefire in Syria is working – but the casualties pile up
A black cloud looms over Tal Tamr. Great plumes of smoke rise from burning tyres lit by fighters defending this town, in northeast Syria, as they try in vain to block the view of the Turkish aircraft …
Busy Damascus Cemetery Points to Higher Pandemic Death Toll in Syria
The sprawling Najha cemetery outside Damascus, resting place for thousands of dead from Syria’s wars, is struggling to cope with a surge in victims from the country’s latest conflict – the largely …
Giant refugee puppet to walk from Syria to UK in public art event
Co-production from The Jungle and War Horse teams aims to dramatise refugee children’s stories …