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 […]
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Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72
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Syrian says he feels welcome after opening new shop following arson attack
A Belfast businessman whose former premises were burnt out has said he feels comfortable and welcomed in his new shop. Ahmad Alkhamran moved to the city from Syria eight years ago and initially worked as a taxi driver before setting up a grocery shop. That first premises on the Donegall Road in the south of […]
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 […]
Swiss refer Syrian president’s uncle to trial for alleged war crimes over 4 decades ago
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors say they have referred former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country’s current president, for trial 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 Tuesday that Assad, 86, […]
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 […]
At least 6 Kurdish fighters are killed in a drone attack on a Syrian base housing US troops
BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack on a base housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters late Sunday, in the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes over the weekend against Iran-backed militias that have been targeting its forces in the region. The U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led […]
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 […]
Syrian refugee reunited with her dog after fleeing to California. ‘This was my biggest dream’
Nour Makhoul fled Syria with her family in April 2023, but was forced to leave her dog Tuti behind. Now the 20-year-old Cuesta College student, who relocated to San Luis Obispo after leaving her home country, has finally been reunited with her beloved companion. Last weekend, Tuti flew from Dubai, where she had been staying […]
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 […]