WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of State on Monday designated the Iraq-based Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as “specially designated global terrorists.” The State Department said in a statement that the group’s secretary-general, Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, has also been designated as a terrorist. Har...
Lalamusa, Pakistan — AFP A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. Dozens of families gathered at a wedding hall in the Punjabi town of Lalamusa to mark […]
The US has demanded answers from Syria about the death of a Syrian-American psychotherapist. Majd Kamalmaz died while being held in Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Kamalmaz had traveled there to provide medical services to those traumatized by the Syrian civil war. He was last seen at a Syrian government checkpoint in 2017. [&hel...
BEIRUT (AA) – The US Embassy in Beirut has advised American citizens in Lebanon to avoid travel to areas along the borders with Israel and Syria. The embassy also cautioned US citizens against traveling to refugee settlements or participating in demonstrations or large gatherings across the country. The warning came hours after a shootout outs...
DOHA (AA) – Qatar will provide $75 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, said the country’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. “Qatar will contribute $75 million to support humanitarian efforts and interventions for the benefit of the brotherly Syrian people,” Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah Rash...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from Islamic State prison camps in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands have languished. The repatriation is the largest ever of US citizens and comes as rights groups warn of dire conditions i...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces. In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, they said in a statement. It […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed seizing a container ship belonging to an Israeli businessman near the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the arch-foes. The ship named MSC Aries was seized by the marine unit of the IRGC in a special heliborne operation, state-run news agency IRNA ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday night bombed an Assad regime arms depot in southern Syria, it announced. “Overnight, in response to launches from Syria toward the southern Golan Heights which didn’t cross into Israeli territory, IDF (Israeli army) artillery struck the area of the fire, and fighter jets struck a weapons storage [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – Many Syrians who fled their country’s war face gross human rights violations and abuses on their return home, a report by the UN Human Rights Office has shown. “This report paints an alarming picture of the suffering of returnees, in particular women, amid the increasing number of deportations of Syrians from other [&hellip...
