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Lebanon: General Security Prepares Mechanism on Return of Syrian Refugees

Lebanon’s Acting Director General of General Security, Brigadier General Elias Baissari, has exerted efforts to adopt a mechanism for the return of Syrian refugees, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. On Thursday, Baissari was assigned by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to follow up on the issue of returning the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Bombs Syria Hezbollah Depot

Three civilians were wounded Saturday in Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian city of Homs, Syrian state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit. "At around 00:50 (2150 GMT)...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Opposition Proposes Transfer of Refugees in Lebanon to ‘Liberated Regions’

Opposition civilian and political groups in Syria’s northwest announced their complete readiness to receive Syrian refugees from Lebanon in liberated Syrian regions in wake of the violations and forced deportation they are facing in the neighboring country. The “Political Affairs Administration” in the opposition-held Idlib region and the Hayat Tahrir…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Brit mum jailed for joining ISIS reinvents herself as fashion influencer

Tareena Shakil made her way to Syria in 2014 to sign up with the terrorist organisation - while urging her Twitter followers to do the same.

Daily Record

‘Indefinite torture’: the desperate wait for Australian mothers in Syria to get their children out

Families in trapped in the Roj camp say the environment is ‘toxic’ for their children’s mental and physical wellbeing

The Guardian - AU

British mum jailed for joining ISIS and posing with guns rebrands as fashion influencer

Tareena Shakil was the first British woman prosecuted for joining ISIS after she fled to Syria with her baby in 2014, but now released from prison she is styling herself as a big brand influencer

Daily Mirror

Saudi Ship Carries Out Largest Evacuation Since Sudan Fighting Broke Out

A Saudi-flagged ship arrived Saturday at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, carrying the largest number of evacuees since evacuations from Sudan kicked off. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” carried 20 Saudi citizens, as well as 1,866 nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from different nationalities, including: Thailand, Australia, Rwanda,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Raisi to Begin Damascus Visit on Wednesday

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pentagon Deploys Warplanes with ‘Bunker Busting’ Bombs to Deter Iran

The US military is for the first time putting 250-pound “bunker busting” bombs on attack aircraft recently sent to the Middle East in the latest move to deter Iran, US officials said. Wall Street Journal reported that the decision to put more powerful weapons on a squadron of A-10 Warthogs…

Asharq Al-Awsat

For Syrians in Sudan, returning home is not an option

Syrians fled to Sudan to avoid the war in their country. The prospect of going back is not one they want to consider.

Al Jazeera

Bringing football home to Iraq could represent a return to global stage

The last time a World Cup qualifier was hosted in Baghdad was in 2001 but their Gulf Cup success represents a chance to show Iraq is ready to stage matches

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia Evacuates More than 2,900 People of 80 Nationalities from Sudan

In continuation of the evacuation efforts exerted by Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom’s Leadership, more than 190 evacuees arrived in Jeddah Friday Sudan. The new arrivals are from Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, USA, Poland, India, UK, Austria, Indonesia, Canada, Iraq, Egypt, Australia and Syria. They…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Retrieves 41 Drowned Migrants as Death Toll Soars

Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said on Friday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country's coast to 210 in 10 days. The bodies were in a decomposed state, suggesting they had been in the water for several days, said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Intercepted Israeli Air Strike in Homs Area, Three Injured

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israel rocket attack in the vicinity of the city of Homs in the early hours of Saturday and shot down some of them, state media said, citing a military source. The attack resulted in three civilian injuries as well as material damages, it added. Israel…

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Reuters

Syria intercepted Israeli air strike in Homs area, three injured -state media

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israel rocket attack in the vicinity of the city of Homs in the early hours of Saturday and shot down some of them, state media said, citing a military source.

Manchester Evening News

Murdered aid worker Alan Henning is given Salford's highest honour

Alan Henning was a local hero

Reuters

Foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey may meet in May -Ankara

The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey may hold a meeting in May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, as part of efforts to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties after years of animosity during Syria's civil war.

Reuters

Iranian president to visit Syria next week - senior source

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Pound Sets New Low, Gov. Unable to Find Solution

The Syrian pound recorded a new decline in the black market in regime-controlled areas, exceeding 8,000 against the US dollar, despite the increase in foreign remittances received during the holy fasting month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Economists explained that the decline continued with the ongoing economic crisis and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrians in Lebanon Fear Deportation

Samer and his family thought they had found safety in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's war nearly a decade ago, but amid growing anti-refugee sentiment, Beirut handed his brother to the Syrian army. Syrians poured into Lebanon after civil war broke out in 2011, with Damascus's brutal suppression of peaceful protests.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement. Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 that developed into civil war in which hundreds of thousands…

Al Jazeera

Rohingya, Yemeni and Syrian refugees plead for help in Sudan

People had fled to Sudan to escape conflict and persecution in their home countries, but are now on the move again.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Civilians flee Sudan

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

Irish Mirror

Irishman Finbar Cafferkey has died battling Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, his family confirm

Finbar Cafferkey, from Achill Island, Co. Mayo, was a military volunteer with previous combat experience in Syria where he assisted Kurdish militia in their battle against ISIS

Reuters

Tunisian president appoints new ambassador to Syria - presidency

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement, the latest Arab move to end Syria's regional isolation.

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