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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Vanessa Kirby, Stanley Tucci and Gillian Anderson back campaign to repatriate UK families detained in Syria

British children are exposed to violence and trafficking, advocates say

Evening Standard

Iraq urges countries to repatriate their citizens from camp housing families of extremist IS group

Iraq is urging countries that have citizens in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group to repatriate their nationals

The Independent UK

Scot leading humanitarian response to Syria earthquake says it was worse than war zone

Erlend Linklater told how the killer 7.8 magnitude earthquake earlier this year did more damage in 80 seconds than cities flattened by months of military bombing.

Daily Record

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Comedian Alex Brooker close to tears after meeting children who fled war-torn Syria

Soccer Aid star Alex Brooker formed a special bond with a disabled girl called Elan who had a 3D hand fitted thanks to a partnership with UNICEF at the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan

Daily Mirror

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Independent UK

Trinidad and Tobago: From the Caribbean to the caliphate

The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between…

France 24

A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria's Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states

Western governments have been frustrated by the red carpet treatment Arab countries have been giving Syria’s president, fearing their reconciliation with the pariah state will undermine efforts to push a solution to its long-running civil war

The Independent UK

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Hope for Syrian cancer patients as cross-border treatment resumes in Turkey

North-west Syria regains access to radiotherapy for first time since Earthquake devastated the region but backlog means many remain in limbo

The Guardian - UK

‘Enduring commitment’: Key takeaways from US-GCC joint statement

Communique coinciding with Antony Blinken’s visit to Saudi Arabia backs two-state solution based on 1967 borders.

Al Jazeera

Future unknown but Syrians in Turkey ‘relieved’ after Erdogan win

Initially welcomed, Syrians are increasingly concerned by anti-refugee sentiment and the threat of forced repatriations.

Al Jazeera

Antony Blinken meets with Saudi counterpart after announcing $150m aid for Syria and Iraq

Watch as Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with Saudi foreign minister Faisal Bin Farhan on Thursday, 8 June.

The Independent UK

Blinken announces $150M in aid for Syria, Iraq at Saudi conference on combatting Islamic State group

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will provide nearly $150 million in aid for areas in Syria and Iraq that were liberated from the Isamic State extremist group

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rishi’s US visit is short, but he will need it to be sweet too for key goals

When David Cameron arrived at the White House on a beautiful spring day in March 2012, President Obama joshed that he was “chuffed to bits” to welcome the British prime minister to Washington. Since then there have been bumps in the road over Syria and Afghanistan, Brexit, trade, and two…

Evening Standard

What does Erdogan’s re-election mean for Turkey-Gulf relations?

Economic and defence deals, along with the Turkish president’s personal ties with regional leaders, to boost relations.

Al Jazeera

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The National (Scotland)

Hebridean film festival reveals programme with Syrian, tweed, and North Sea oil films

THE full programme has been revealed for this year’s Hebrides International Film Festival (HIFF), which will screen a range of new and archive…

ABC News

A group of women and children living in a camp in Syria wants the federal government to bring them home

A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone.

The New Daily

Desperate Aussies stuck in Syria demand repatriation

A group of 17 Australian children and nine women stuck in camps in Syria will file a legal case in the Federal Court of Australia seeking to be repatriated.

The Guardian - AU

‘Last resort’: government faces legal action to force repatriation of Australians from Syrian refugee camps

Seventeen women and nine children will take the government to court, arguing that Australia has ‘effective control’ of their detention and the power to set them free

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Reuters

Iraq and Syria discuss tackling cross-border drug trade

Iraq and Syria's foreign ministers discussed ways to help end drug trafficking across their joint border at a meeting in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

ABC News

Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language

A language app designed to help children in Syria learn Arabic is now preserving an endangered First Nations language. As a cartoon monster in the app grows, so too do children's literacy skills — and the number of people who speak Warumungu.

The Guardian - UK

Terror-plotting Essex teenager jailed for life after mother reports him

Matthew King, 19, wanted to travel to Syria to join IS and filmed potential targets outside army barracks

Evening Standard

Teenager jailed for life over ISIS plot to murder police officers or soldiers

A teenager from Essex who plotted an Islamist terror attack on police officers or UK soldiers and boasted about his murderous plans on SnapChat has been jailed for life.

Daily Mirror

Teen who plotted terror attack jailed for life after mum reported him to police

Matthew King expressed a desire to "torture, mutilate and kill military personnel" and it was alleged he carried out surveillance on police stations and British Army barracks

The Independent UK

Restoration lags for Syria's famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites

At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra

The Guardian - AU

Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp

Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

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