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‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

Diane Foley found out about the death of her son in a phone call from a journalist

The Independent UK

Iranian Militias Deployed in Central Syria after Russia's Withdrawal

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Fourth Division led by Major General Maher al-Assad, have reinforced their military presence in the Mahin military warehouse in the eastern countryside of Homs - the second largest arms and ammunition depot in Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Study: Syrian Regime Turns Humanitarian Aid into Profit Center

Humanitarian and relief aid for the Syrian people has often been the subject of official and international attention, but the lengthy Syrian crisis provided the regime in Damascus with “skills and tools” to exploit the aid and prolong the crisis, according to a recent US report. It stated that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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James Foley’s Mother, Brother Testify at Trial of ISIS ‘Beatle’

The mother of slain American journalist James Foley said Monday at the trial of one of his alleged ISIS captors that she initially hoped reports her son had been executed were "some cruel joke." "I didn't want to believe it," Diane Foley testified at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hunt for the ‘Butchers of Bucha’

So this is what denazification looks like. Bodies littered across the street, victims filling mass graves, destruction and grief congealing in a way only war can replicate. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Humanitarian aid workers need security, rights and better pay

Professional humanitarian aid workers in war-torn places like Ukraine, Ethiopia, Syria and South Sudan do some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

The Conversation

Evening Standard Comment: These atrocities in Bucha are how Putin wages war

Bodies strewn across the street. Victims lying in mass graves. Widespread hunger. Scenes of total destruction. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

Evening Standard

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Shelling of Village in Northern Syria Kills 4 Students

Syrian government forces on Monday shelled a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria, the country’s last major opposition stronghold, killing four students on their way to school, opposition activists said. The shelling targeted the village of Maaret al-Naasan in Idlib province.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pentagon Report: US Military Could Have Done More To Prevent Civilian Harm In Raqqa

The US military could have done more to reduce civilian harm during the battle to liberate Syria’s Raqqa city from ISIS from June till October 2017, according to a report requested by the US Department of Defense (DOD). The report, prepared by RAND researchers, studies the causes of civilian harm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In War-Torn Syria, a Charity Offers Hope to Kids with Cancer

At the children’s cancer ward in a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, children walk down brightly painted corridors, hooked up to IV needles delivering critical treatment into their bloodstream. Nurses tend to babies and teenagers getting chemotherapy sit in reclining chairs. Other children, in a nearby playroom, draw…

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In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer

The beds fill up fast at a hospital ward in Syria's capital operated by BASMA, a private charity association that supports Syrian children with cancer

The Independent UK

Daughter of IS murder victim David Haines to travel to Syria to find father's remains

Bethany Haines received a tip-off from a man with map co-ordinates to the location of where her father's remains are thought to be.

Daily Record

Daughter of Brit beheaded by ISIS gets mystery call telling her where his body is

David Haines was working for a French agency when he was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013, held hostage and later beheaded by Jihadi John in a video which horrified the world

Daily Mirror

Ex-ICC Prosecutor Urges Global Arrest Warrant for Putin

The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a war criminal,” Carla Del Ponte told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday. In interviews given to Swiss media to…

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UN Concerned about Fate of 100 Children after ISIS Attack on Ghwayran Prison in Syria

United Nations human rights experts expressed on Friday profound concerns for the physical, mental, educational and overall medical welfare of children arbitrarily held in detention centers in northeast Syria, as well as those children who appear to be missing and unaccounted for. “We are extremely concerned that since the January…

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Study: US Could Have Done More to Limit Civilian Toll in Raqqa Battle

The US military could have done more to limit civilian casualties and damage during the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa that marked ISIS’ fall in 2017, according to a report commissioned by the Pentagon. At the end of the nearly five-month battle to free the city from ISIS,…

Al Jazeera

In Syria, Russia leads effort to recruit fighters for Ukraine

Analysts say Moscow has been recruiting Syrian fighters through its mercenary network and local groups.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Assassinations Continue In Syria's Daraa With No Accountability

Since early 2022, the province of Daraa in southern Syria has witnessed 117 different types of attacks that left 97 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced in a report on Thursday. It said violence and insecurity chaos has dramatically escalated in the province, where 45 attacks, murders…

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Russian military reportedly mounting hypersonic missiles to 'Backfire' bombers

The Russian TU-22M3M bomber plane has been used in conflicts with Ukraine and Syria, and can carry nukes and hypersonic missiles

The Independent UK

Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths

A new report says the U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants

AAP

Australia taps diplomat for NZ tob job

Harinder Sidhu, a career diplomat who has served in Russia, India, and Syria, will become Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand.

The Independent UK

‘They played games with us’: Former hostage of Isis ‘Beatles’ describes brutal treatment at hands of British jailers

El Shafee Elsheikh is standing trial in Virginia for alleged involvement in hostage-taking operation

The Independent UK

Who is the Butcher of Mariupol? Sanctioned Russian colonel accused of Ukraine hospital bombing

UK sanctions Mikhail Mizintsev who is accused of ordering bombing of children’s hospital and theatre where civilians were sheltering

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany Repatriates Women, Children From Syrian Camp

Germany said it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the ISIS group have been held. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the group was repatriated from the Roj camp on Wednesday in what she called an “extremely difficult” operation.

Al Jazeera

What do Syrians think about the welcome for Ukrainian refugees?

Although they have the same enemy, Syrians in Germany say they did not enjoy the same open-armed embrace.

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