ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli strikes hit central Syria late Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 43 others, as well as causing fires at sites believed to house Iranian forces, according to Syrian state media. Syrian air defenses responded to the attacks, which damaged a highway in the Hama province, with firefighting teams working ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza that has persisted for about nine months and the “dangers” posed by the escalating conflict in the region. In a statement, the Egyptian Presidency announced that Sisi received a...
The United Nations marked the 27th International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Wednesday, highlighting ongoing global concerns, particularly in Palestine and Syria. The Convention Against Torture has been in force since June 26, 1987. The date was designated an international day in 1997 to raise awareness and support for torture vic...
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...
