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ISTANBUL (AA) – More than 112,000 Syrians who disappeared under the Baath regime remain unaccounted for, with evidence suggesting many were killed in detention, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) states. The scale of torture and extrajudicial executions in Syrian prisons has been increasingly revealed following the collapse of the 61-y...
ISTANBUL (AA) — A populous western German state will open the country’s first anti-Muslim racism reporting center in spring 2025, local media reported. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia, home to more than 1.7 million Muslims, will establish the center, called MEDAR, to document and report attacks and crimes targeting Muslims. The center, whi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A 20-day-old baby died on Sunday due to severe cold and a lack of heating in refugee tents in the central Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said. The infant, Jumaa al-Batran, “passed away due to the intense cold” in Deir al-Balah city, the ministry explained in a statement. “His twin […]
WASHINGTON (AA) — The head of the US-based Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) alleges that former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden are complicit in the crimes against humanity committed by the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. “It is a shame that both the Obama administration officials and the Biden administration off...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Donald Trump’s proposal to automatically grant green cards to foreign nationals who graduate from a US college has sparked controversy. “What I want to do, and what I will do, is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Air Canada flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport after experiencing a malfunction with its landing gear on Saturday night. Air Canada Flight 2259, departing from St. John’s International Airport, experienced landing troubles at 9:30 AST (0130GMT Sunday) that caused skidding...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least five people were killed and three injured in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to local media reports. The Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed the clash in a statement posted on X, claiming that its forces conducted attacks inside Pakistani territory targeting “miscreants’ hideouts.&...
ANKARA (AA) – Syria is seeking regional cooperation after Iran halted oil shipments to Damascus following the end of the 61-year Baath regime, further worsening the country’s ongoing energy crisis. Sources say that the Assad regime got about 90% of oil from Iran — 60,000 to 70,000 barrels per day — and the remaining 10% […]...
DAMASCUS (AA) – In the Kabun neighborhood of Damascus, Syrians are struggling to rebuild their lives. The most visible scars of the 13-year civil war are found in Kabun, where Syrians fought for freedom against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Located 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from central Damascus, Kabun was once home to a thriving Tailors [&...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli soldiers, operating in the heavily besieged area of the northern Gaza Strip, posted footage on social media Saturday showing homes in the town of Beit Hanoun being set on fire, accompanied by the racist song “Let your village burn.” The soldiers, part of the military’s 92nd Battalion, were filmed t...
