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Fresh bid by Syrian refugee to bring her dying father to Scotland

A FORMER refugee from Syria who fled to Scotland almost 10 years ago has launched a petition to allow her dying father to come to Scotland so they…

The National (Scotland)

U.S. general urges faster repatriation of IS families in Syria camp

The repatriation and reintegration of thousands of families of Islamic State militants languishing in a Kurdish-run detention camp in northeast Syria should be speeded up, the top U.S. general in the Middle East said on Monday.

Reuters

Israeli minister says Iran using Syria facilities for weapons production

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that Iran has used more than 10 military facilities in Syria to produce advanced missiles and weapons for its proxies.

Reuters

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Syria Reports 2 Dozen Cases, 5 Deaths of Cholera

Hospitals in the Syrian capital have been put on alert after more than two dozen cases of cholera and at least five deaths were reported in the war-torn country, health officials said Monday. The main cause of the spread appears to be people drinking polluted water, as well as watering…

Asharq Al-Awsat

7 Fighters from Kurdish-led Force Killed in Syria ISIS Attacks

At least seven fighters from a Kurdish-led force were killed Sunday in two ISIS group attacks in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. "Six fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed" in an ISIS attack along the road linking Deir Ezzor province with Hasakeh, said Rami Abdel Rahman,…

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Syrian Refugees in Türkiye Plan Caravan to Reach EU

A group of Syrian refugees in Türkiye is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, organizers said Saturday. Plans are being drawn up online via a Telegram channel, set up six days ago and followed by almost 70,000 people.

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With Help from Hezbollah, Syrian Officers Arrested for ‘Collaborating with Israel’

The Syrian air and military intelligence kicked off a wide wave of arrests against regime officers in Damascus and Aleppo on charges of “collaborating with hostile parties”, revealed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The crackdown was launched in early September. Sources said dozens of the detained were held on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran-Backed Militias Run 7 Narcotic-Manufacturing Laboratories in Syria's Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) issued a report on narcotic manufacturing and cannabis cultivation in areas under Iran-backed militias' influence in Deir Ezzor. Through ongoing monitoring of the manufacture of narcotics, SOHR identified the locations of seven illicit drug-manufacturing laboratories in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria's Aleppo Airport Reopens after Israeli Strikes

Syria's Aleppo airport reopened on Friday, with the first civilian flight landing in more than 72 hours, after repairs following an Israeli airstrike earlier this week. Damage to the main runway in Tuesday's raid had put the airport -- the country's second-largest -- out of service, but the transport ministry…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey, U.S. in contact over Erdogan-Biden meeting -Turkish official

A meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan later this month is under discussion, a senior Turkish official said on Friday, with Turkey-Russia relations, U.S. weapons and conflicts in Ukraine and Syria on the agenda.

Reuters

Syrian Airport to Resume Work Days after Israeli Strike

Syria's international airport in Aleppo is to resume business on Friday after the facility was put out of commission by an Israeli missile attack, the country's transport ministry said. The ministry said in a statement carried by state media that the damage has been fixed and called on airline companies…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan: Türkiye Captures 'Senior' ISIS Leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the extremist ISIS group. Erdogan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd. His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdogan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

East Belfast GAA project shortlisted for prestigious award

The club has young members from Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Iraq

Belfast Live

Touching moment the Queen comforted Welsh trauma surgeon after he returned from Syria

David Nott described the Queen as 'warm and wonderful' when he described a beautiful encounter with Queen Elizabeth II in his book

Wales Online

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Airstrikes on Syria’s Idlib Kill 7

Syrian regime airstrikes over the country’s northwestern Idlib province on Thursday killed seven civilians and wounded at least 12, activists and first responders said. The Syrian opposition, which now holds only a tiny sliver of the country, blamed Russian-backed warplanes for the attack. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

Al Jazeera

Why is Israel bombing Syrian airports?

Israel has bombed Syrian airports and military positions numerous times over the course of the 11-year war in Syria.

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Israeli Official: Attack on Aleppo Airport a ‘Message to Assad’

Chairman of the Israeli Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Ram Ben-Barak said on Wednesday that airstrikes on Aleppo International Airport had been a signal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Israeli airstrikes have killed at least three people and damaged the airport in northern Syria, according to the Syrian…

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Report: Quarter of Global Cluster Munitions Victims Are in Syria

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) released its annual report on monitoring the use of cluster munitions globally, affirming that Syria continues to be the worst country in the world in terms of the death toll from cluster munitions.

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Report: Building Collapses in North Syria, Killing 11 People

A building collapsed in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people, including three children, the Syrian state television reported. The TV said the illegally built, five-story building in Aleppo’s southern neighborhood of Fardous collapsed in the evening. It said seven women, three children and an…

Dynamite News

Syria: 10 killed in Aleppo building crash

The bodies of six women, three children, and a man were found under the rubble of the collapsed building in the al-Fardous neighborhood. Read more on Dynamite News

The Independent UK

Report: Building collapses in north Syria, killing 11 people

Syrian state TV says a building has collapsed in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 11 people, including three children

France 24

France rejects asylum claim of Syrian journalist who documented IS group crimes

France has rejected an asylum request by a prominent Syrian journalist who contributed to numerous international publications and helped document the crimes committed by foreign jhadists in Syria. He now risks being deported back to his homeland from his current location in Turkey.

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Court Upholds Assad Uncle’s Conviction over Ill-Gotten Assets

France's top administrative court on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an "ill-gotten gains" case over wealth estimated at 90 million euros ($89 million). Rifaat al-Assad, 85, is the younger brother of Bashar's father and former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad, and himself…

The Conversation

A Syrian academic at the Fringe: why I put on a show to reclaim the stories of refugees like me

This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never thought I would write in my 17 years of living in the UK. But there I was, a Syrian academic on stage in Edinburgh in front of a microphone, high on adrenaline,…

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Walker hairdresser's joy as Syrian doctor appeal smashes target

His Tyne Bridge zipwire challenge brings funds to £2,000 - enough to help pay for medic in remote village for at least a year

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