Shamima Begum’s eldest sister, Renu, holding her sister’s photo in 2015, after Ms. Begum fled to Syria with two other London teenagers.Credit…Laura Lean/WPA Pool, via Getty Images By Elian Peltier …
Tauqir Sharif: British-born aid worker faces trial by Syria jihadists
The jihadist alliance that dominates opposition-held north-western Syria has said it will put a British-born man who runs an aid organisation on trial. Tauqir Sharif, from east London, was detained …
UK-born IS recruit can return from Syria to challenge citizenship removal: Judge
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 …