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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Death Toll from Türkiye, Syria Quake Tops 47,000

The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit parts of Türkiye and Syria on Feb.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lawyer angry at 'appalling' Shamima Begum decision after ex-ISIS member refused passport

Human rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan said the ruling was "disappointing" as Shamima Begum is still stuck in a camp in northern Syria, following the news that she would not be able to get British citizenship back

Daily Mirror

Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake tops 47,000

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has raised the number of fatalities in Turkey from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake to 43,556

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Israeli Rocket Strike in Damascus Hit Iranian Military Experts

A rocket attack in Damascus on Sunday that Syria blamed on Israel hit an installation where Iranian officials were meeting to advance programs to develop drone or missile capabilities of Tehran's allies in Syria, sources told Reuters in an exclusive report published on Wednesday. Iran has been a major backer…

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ISIS Attacks on Syria Truffle Hunters are Deadliest in a Year

The ISIS group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than a year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria, even as people of northern Syria have been digging out of the wreckage from the region’s devastating earthquake. The bloodshed was a reminder…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Colorado restaurateur channels grief into fundraiser event after losing 18 relatives in Turkey earthquake

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade struck Turkey and Syria earlier this month, tragedy runs deep more than 6,600 miles away in Colorado Springs.

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Syrian Quake Survivors Shelter in Crumbling Aleppo Homes

Sitting by a bed strewn with rubble in Syria's second biggest city, Umm Mounir refuses to leave her home even though the deadly earthquake has torn a gaping hole into the room. Aleppo, once a major commercial hub, had already been battered by over a decade of war when the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year

In recent days, the Islamic State group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum will be ‘in tears’ in her tent after citizenship refusal, says filmmaker

Andrew Drury, 56, met Begum six times between 2021 and 2022, forming a connection so close the pair swapped WhatsApp messages and she told him of her mental health struggles

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on Shamima Begum: stateless and detained in Syria

Editorial: Without being able to consider lived experience, the court came to the only judgment it could

The Guardian - UK

View from Aleppo: 'Syrians are angry with the West' over lack of earthquake aid

With international aid still struggling to reach Syria two weeks after the devastating February 6 earthquakes, calls are mounting for Western countries to lift diplomatic sanctions on the Syrian regime and facilitate the flow of aid. A local doctor helping the humanitarian efforts in Aleppo, in northwestern Syria, tells FRANCE…

France 24

Top UK chefs cooking up a good cause

Action Against Hunger will be hosting a charity dinner next Monday for the Syria Turkey earthquake appeal

Evening Standard

WHO ‘Moving Rapidly’ with Syria Quake Relief as Sanctions Are Paused

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was taking advantage of a temporary easing of sanctions against Syria designed to allow humanitarian aid to be more easily distributed in the war-torn country after deadly earthquakes. "WHO is moving very rapidly right now together with our partners to take advantage…

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WHO 'moving rapidly' with Syria quake relief as sanctions are paused

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is proof the EU needs to get better at stopping mass atrocities

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows that identifying mass atrocity risks is not a niche concern. Many who thought it would be irrational for Russia to launch an attack minimised long-standing Russian rhetoric that denied Ukrainian statehood and national identity. If policymakers had used a “mass atrocity lens”, then they…

The Independent UK

Nearly £100m raised by UK charity after Turkey and Syria earthquake

The Disasters Emergency Committee, a non-government organisation bringing together 15 charities, said donations had reached £98 million.

The Independent UK

Key questions after the ruling in the Shamima Begum case

Ms Begum’s challenge to the decision to strip her of her British citizenship was dismissed on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Shamima Begum loses bid to regain British citizenship

There can be few more dramatic examples of the state’s power over its citizens than to strip one of their very nationality. That was the decision taken by then-home secretary Sajid Javid in February 2019 regarding Shamima Begum after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp.

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The Independent UK

Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

A top European Union official says the powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria will require a huge reconstruction operation at a scale “never seen before.”

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum: timeline of events as Isis bride launches appeal to regain UK citizenship

The straight-A student fled east London as a teenager in 2015 to join the terrorist group

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum loses bid to regain British citizenship

Amnesty International has criticised the ruling which followed a five-day hearing in November.

Liverpool Echo

Shamima Begum can never return to UK after losing court battle for citizenship

The decision was made eight years after she left the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl

Daily Record

Ex-ISIS bride Shamima Begum loses legal bid to return to the UK

She was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

Irish Mirror

Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK as she 'poses a risk to national security'

ISIS bride Shamima Begum had her British citizenship revoked shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

Reuters

Shamima Begum, British-born woman who joined IS, loses appeal over citizenship removal

A British-born woman, who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State, lost her latest appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, but her lawyers vowed to keep fighting and said the case was "nowhere near over".

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