Tag: Syrian

Syrian woman sentenced to life in prison for Istanbul bombing in 2022

A court has sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion in a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Alham Albashir was given seven consecutive life sentences after being convicted on terrorism charges. The blast on November 13th, 2022 tore through Istiklal Avenue, a thoroughfare […]

Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72

Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72. Faris’ death on Friday (April 19) was reported by Syrian media. According to the reports, he died as a result of a long illness in Türkiye, where had been living as a […]

Swiss refer Syrian president’s uncle to trial for alleged war crimes

Swiss prosecutors said they have indicted former Syrian vice president Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country’s current president, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for allegedly ordering murder and torture more than four decades ago. The attorney general’s office said Assad, 86, is accused of directing the crimes in Syria […]

Returning Syrian refugees face abduction, sexual abuse: UN

GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian refugees who fled the war are facing gross human rights violations such as torture and abduction on their return home while women are subject to sexual harassment and violence, the U.N. human rights office said in a report on Tuesday. More than 12 years after Syria’s conflict began there are still […]

Six Kurdish fighters killed in drone attack on Syrian base housing US troops

A drone attack on a base housing US troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters late on Sunday, in the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the US launched retaliatory strikes over the weekend against Iran-backed militias. The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday the attack hit a training […]

Israeli air strike on the Syrian capital ‘kills Iranian military advisers’

An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital has destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least four Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. Iranian state television said four advisers from the Revolutionary Guard had been killed in the strike in Damascus, without identifying them, adding that Israel was behind […]