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FactCheck: where in Britain will Syrian refugees live?
Britain has pledged to take in 4,000 Syrian refugees a year until 2020. Will they, like asylum claimants, end up living in the country’s poorest areas?
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Yarmouk: inside the Syrian refugee camp under siege by Isis
Yarmouk in Syria is “beyond inhumane” – according to a United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesperson – but how much do we know about the Palestinian refugee camp?
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Syrian conflict: timeline of a humanitarian crisis
A dark anniversary passes this week in Syria as the country marks four years since the bloody conflict began. We take a look at the timeline of events that brought the country to its knees.
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IS fighters ‘bulldoze’ ancient Assyrian site at Nimrud
Islamic State fighters looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, government officials say.
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Syrian refugee crisis: Britain isn’t helping
As the civil war in Syria nears its fourth bloody year, the country’s refugee crisis shows no signs of slowing. More than half of the country’s pre-war population is estimated to have been displaced.
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Syrian government continues ‘horrific chemical attacks’
Syria’s government is continuing to use chemical weapons in its war against rebels and jihadist groups, a new OPCW report finds.
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‘Moral responsibility’: UK accepts Syrian refugees
Some of the “most vulnerable” Syrian refugees, including torture survivors and victims of sexual assaults, will be temporarily resettled in the UK, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces.
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British doctor dies in Syrian prison
A British surgeon who was imprisoned for a year by Syrian security forces while helping casualties of war is found dead in a prison cell.
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Syrian opposition backers meet in London
William Hague is hosting foreign ministers from across the world in London to prepare for a proposed Syrian peace conference.
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Syrian rebels ‘executed civilians’ in Latakia
Rebel groups in Syria are accused of killing as many as 190 civilians and taking 200 hostages during an offensive in August, Human Rights Watch claims.
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Syria: Israel airstrikes a ‘violation of international law’
Concerns are raised that the stage is being set for foreign military intervention in Syria following a second Israeli airstrike in Syria in two days.
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Assad ‘should be investigated’ for Syrian war crimes
President Assad should be investigated for “crimes against humanity and war crimes”, says the UN’s human rights chief, pointing to Channel 4 News footage as “actual evidence” of his war crimes.
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‘Major assault’ under way on Syrian airbase
Activists in Syria say rebel forces are mounting a major offensive to try to capture the Taftanaz airbase in the north west of the country from government forces.
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Syrian rebels parade ‘captured pilot’
Syrian rebels say they have downed a fighter jet, with pictures emerging showing a man identified as the pilot surrounded by three armed men.
