Search results for ‘Syria’
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The Olympian who escaped Syria by swimming the Aegean Sea
The Syrian sisters Yousra and Sara Mardini, professional swimmers back in Damascus, found themselves on a sinking dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Shamima Begum ‘smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy’, new book claims
The lawyer for Shamima Begum, who fled from the UK as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group, has called for an inquiry – after reports that she was smuggled into Syria by a Canadian intelligence agent.
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Rescued Syrian refugees visited by Greek Minister
For days this programme has been reporting on the plight of 39 refugees including sick children and a pregnant woman who were stranded on an islet along the Greek-Turkish border.
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NGO calls for ‘full investigation’ into Syrians stranded on Greece Turkey border islet
Over the past few days this programme has reported on a group of 39 Syrians stranded on a small islet in the Evros river which forms the border between Greece and Turkey. Both the Greek and Turkish authorities have claimed the group is not on their territory and could not be rescued. Tonight we received…
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Syrian refugees stranded on Greek islet after attempting to enter country
Dozens of Syrian refugees are stranded on a Greek islet beside a highly militarised border crossing – as they attempted to enter the country from Turkey to seek asylum.
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Russia threatens to close last UN humanitarian aid route to Syria
Russia has also threatened to veto a UN resolution that guarantees the entry of international aid to Syria’s rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. That would close down the last UN humanitarian aid route into Syria.
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Macron’s first job to ‘keep Europe united’, says former French ambassador to Syria
We spoke to Michel Duclos, a former French ambassador to Syria and now acts as a special adviser to the independent think tank, Institut Montaigne.
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Trial underway of British-born man accused of conspiracy to murder and hostage-taking in Syria
El Shafee Elsheikh, who’s been stripped of his British citizenship, has denied being a member of the group but admits to joining ISIS.
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‘There are no red lines in this’ – Syrian doctor on Russia’s strategy in Ukraine
Russia has consistently denied targeting civilians in Ukraine, today branding claims it bombed the maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol as ‘fake news’.
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Syrian refugees struggling to survive in Lebanon
An unprecedented snowstorm has hit large areas of the Middle East, with temperatures plunging lower than they’ve been for 40 years.
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Islamic State leader killed in US special forces raid in Syria, president says
The leader of the militant Islamic State group has died after US special forces carried out a pre-dawn raid in north-west Syria, according to the US President Joe Biden.
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Syria: Kurdish forces say they have recaptured prison attacked by IS
Kurdish fighters say they have taken back control of a prison in Syria, which had earlier been captured by Islamic State militants.
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Captagon: The drug turning Lebanon and Syria into narco-states
It fuelled the Syrian war, and now it’s propping up both the Syrian and Lebanese economies.
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Syria police officer trial shows Assad’s regime is ‘torture state’, says daughter of kidnapped man
We spoke to Wafa Mustafa, whose father Ali was dragged away by armed men from his home in Damascus more than eight years ago.
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German court sentences Syrian ex-colonel to life for crimes against humanity
Anwar Raslan had applied for asylum in Germany as a refugee, but was recognised and arrested.
