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Penguin review – revealing one-man show about a refugee’s journey to self-acceptance

From dodging bombs to dancing in nightclubs, Syrian theatre-maker Hamzeh Al Hussien enacts the story of his life

The Guardian - UK

Erdoğan lambasts Israel for undermining stability in Syria

Turkey’s president lashes out shortly after talks with Netanyahu’s government aimed at defusing tensions

The Guardian - UK

Erdoğan positions Turkey as point of stability for European security and Syria

Erdoğan said European security is ‘unthinkable without Turkey’ after White House warned that the continent must look after its own security.

Euronews

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Syria’s al-Sharaa extends deadline for investigation into coastal killings

President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.

Al Jazeera

Court told line between IS sympathiser and member ‘crossed’ by ex-Irish soldier

Lisa Smith’s defence team had argued her IS membership conviction ‘falls short of Irish law’.

The Independent UK

Syria extends the deadline for a probe into coastal killings of Alawites

Syria’s president has granted a three-month extension to an investigation into last month’s sectarian killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas that left hundreds dead The committee’s spokesperson said 41 sites of killings were documented but the committee required more time to gather additional evidence

The Independent UK

Ex-Irish soldier’s IS membership conviction falls short of Irish law, court told

Lisa Smith is appealing against her 2022 conviction for membership of IS.

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Trump’s tariffs are ruinous, but are western sanctions any better? Just look at Syria

Sanctions as a form of economic aggression are macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to call a halt, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Syria’s new government

The announcement comes months after a rebel coalition ousted longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who had maintained close ties with North Korea.

Euronews

Israeli military organises tourist tours of newly occupied Syrian territory

Twice-daily hiking trips for civilians in Golan buffer zone recently seized by Israel sold out almost immediately

The Guardian - UK

Syria and South Korea establish formal diplomatic relations

The move is a blow to North Korea, which once counted Damascus as an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

Al Jazeera

South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Syria, a longtime friend of rival North Korea

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar Assad was ousted

The Independent UK

Syrian Tent City Reportedly Being Readied To Receive Hundreds Of Thousands Of Gazans

A Syrian tent city near the Turkish border is reportedly being readied to receive hundreds of thousands of Gazans as a result of Turkish and Qatari efforts

Latin Times

Turkiye and Israel hold talks to avoid clashes in Syria

‘Technical talks’ aim to set up communications channel to avoid clashes in the region, Turkish official says.

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Evening Standard

Ex-soldier Lisa Smith’s terror conviction based on ‘housewife’ role, court told

Lisa Smith is appealing against her conviction for being a member of the so-called Islamic State terror group.

Euronews

Turkey's Erdoğan meets pro-Kurdish MPs as they seek to end 40-year insurgency

The recent PKK ceasefire came against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, including the reconfiguration of power in Syria, the weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The Independent UK

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith led ‘totally anonymous’ life in Syria – lawyer

Smith, from Dundalk in Co Louth, is outlining her case against her conviction for being a member of so-called Islamic State at the Court of Appeal.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian refugee, 16, killed in Huddersfield had lived there for only two weeks, uncle says

Exclusive: Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim had been ‘out making friends’ when he was stabbed in the town centre

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Israel pushes on with strategy to keep neighbours weak in Lebanon and Syria

Israel has repeatedly bombed both Syria and Lebanon, experts say it is no mood for peace.

The Conversation

Inaction from Brussels over the arrest of an opposition leader in Turkey may be a strategic mistake

The European Union faces a pressing problem as it decides how to handle another major slide towards autocracy in Turkey. So far, the signs are not good.

The Independent UK

Syrian man who tried to cut wife’s head off in frenzied attack jailed for life

Wahib Albaradan, 37, used two knives and a razor in a ‘prolonged, persistent and frenzied’ attack on Salam Alshara, 27, at their home in Dewsbury.

The Guardian - UK

Boy, 16, stabbed to death in Huddersfield was Syrian refugee

Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim’s family say he came to UK after being injured in a bombing, and aimed to be a doctor

The Independent UK

Boy killed in Huddersfield stabbing named as refugee injured in Syria bombing

Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim fled war-torn Homs to live with his uncle and dreamed of becoming a doctor

Al Jazeera

Why is Israel attacking Syria?

Regional tensions are rising due to Israel’s attacks on Syria and its expanding occupation of Syrian land.

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