Syria

Countries must reclaim 62,000 people, two-thirds of them children, held in squalid camps in northeast Syria for families associated with Daesh extremists, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday, describing the situation…
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The Turkish air force conducted its first strikes in 17 months against a zone in north Syria held by Kurdish militia on Saturday night, a monitor said. “A Turkish fighter jet has struck military positions of Syrian Democratic Forces…
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Israel launched a missile attack on suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus late Tuesday and Syrian air defenses responded to the strikes, state television reported. State TV said Syrian air defense shot down some of the Israeli missiles…
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Syrian President Bashar Assad and his backers bear responsibility for the years of war and human suffering that followed, the US and a number of European countries said on Monday. “The Assad regime’s response has been one of appalling…
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The Dutch push to bring Syrian President Bashar Assad to justice for “horrific crimes and gross violations of human rights” is gathering momentum. Six months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) challenge was first announced,…
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Ten years after the start of the conflict in Syria, the Syrian opposition has never managed to shake the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Marginalised by foreign sponsors, duped by Damascus and split in different directions, the…
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Syria’s first lady, who is also a British citizen, may be prosecuted and stripped of her UK citizenship after a preliminary investigation was opened into allegations that she incited and encouraged terrorist acts during the country’s civil…
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UAE Foreign Minster Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said Tuesday the sanctions imposed by the US Caesar’s Act complicate Syria’s return to the Arab fold. The return of Syria to the Arab League is in the interest of Syria and other countries of…
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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have both tested positive for coronavirus, his office said in a statement posted by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana). Both had shown mild symptoms for Covid-19 before they…
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Missile strikes on makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria killed four people and injured more than 20 others, a war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a series of strikes launched from Russian…
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