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‘Last resort’: Australian women, children in court bid to force repatriation from Syrian camp
A group of women and their children plan to take the Australian government to court in a bid to be freed from Syrian detention camps, it was reported on Sunday.
Of the 40 Australian mothers and children being held in the Roj camp in…
50 Daesh terrorists, 168 family members repatriated from Syria to Iraq
Fifty Daesh terrorists and 168 Iraqi members of terrorist families were repatriated from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, an Iraqi official said.
Iraqi authorities “received 50 members of the Daesh from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),”…
Iraq and Syria to reopen Semalka border crossing after 3 week closure
The Semalka Border Crossing between Iraq and Syria is set to reopen on Monday after being closed since May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday.
The Semalka administration announced that work will be resumed at…
Australian child pleads with PM to be rescued from Syrian camp
An Australian child stuck in a Syrian detention camp has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, pleading to be brought home, the Guardian reported on Thursday.
The child, who is less than 10 years old, told Albanese “please don’t…
Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites
At the height of the Daesh group’s rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra.
Eight years later, Daesh has lost its hold but…
Turkiye’s Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise
President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise as conflict lingers on in neighboring…
UN: Staggering 15.3 million Syrians, nearly 70% of population, need aid
For the first time in Syria’s 12-year war, people in every district are experiencing some degree of “humanitarian stress,” and a staggering 15.3 million — nearly 70 percent of the population — need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said…
Five wounded in Israeli strikes targeting sites near Damascus: monitor
Israeli air strikes hit the Damascus region overnight Sunday, the Syrian defense ministry said, with a war monitor reporting five wounded in attacks on air defense sites that host Hezbollah fighters.
“At around 11:45 p.m. (2045 GMT), the…
Turkiye begins work on 240,000 homes to repatriate refugees in northern Syria
Turkiye has begun building 240,000 homes to resettle refugees in opposition-held northern Syria as the repatriation issue takes center stage in Sunday’s presidential election runoff.
“Syrian refugees living in Turkiye will settle in the…
Israel says it retaliated against shots fired from Syria at military drone
Israel retaliated against shots from fired Syria at a surveillance drone, the Israeli military said in a statement on Wednesday.
“IDF Machine Gun fire was directed toward the originating area of the shots in Syria,” a statement from the…