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Sir David Amess murder trial: Alleged terrorist tells court he wanted to be a martyr and regrets ‘nothing’

Ali Harbi Ali tells court he believed Conservative MP deserved to die and wanted to ‘send a message’ to other politicians

The Independent UK

MP murder accused tells jury: ‘I killed him to stop him harming Muslims’

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, denies the murder of Sir David Amess during a constituency surgery in October last year.

The Independent UK

Tel Aviv Points to ‘Iranian Settlement’ in Eastern Golan

The Military Intelligence Division in the Israeli army has prepared a study on the situation in Syria, which was recently submitted to the General Staff, warning of “a creeping Iranian settlement and a wide dissemination of Shiite and Alawite ideologies.” According to the study, the “settlement” is taking place near…

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Germany Arrests Syrian Accused of Torturing Captives With ISIS

German investigators on Wednesday arrested a Syrian man accused of war crimes for allegedly torturing captives while he was with ISIS in Syria in 2014. Federal prosecutors said the man, identified only as Raed E. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Berlin. He is suspected of membership…

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Syria Explosive Remnants Kill Nearly 30 in a Month, Says Monitor

Explosive remnants of Syria's war killed nearly 30 civilians, including more than a dozen children, last month, a war monitoring group said Wednesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "29 civilians, including 12 children, died from explosive remnants in March" and that another 29 were wounded. The latest…

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Charles meets refugees from war-torn Syria during trip to Cumbria

The Prince of Wales spoke to two families who have found safety and built new lives in Britain after fleeing war abroad.

The Independent UK

French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

France 24

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Report: Captagon Trade Spirals to Top $5 Billion in 2021

Trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said. Research by the New Lines Institute, seen by AFP, paints an alarming picture of the impact booming captagon production…

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‘Trying to survive’: Syrian fuel smugglers defy deadly crackdown

Smugglers say they have no other option but to engage in the illegal trade to feed their families.

Al Jazeera

Isis on trial: What we have learned so far at the trial of British jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh

The self-confessed Isis member is accused of taking part in hostage-taking operation that led to the killing of American and British journalists and aid workers. Richard Hall reports from Alexandria, Virginia

The Independent UK

‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

Diane Foley found out about the death of her son in a phone call from a journalist

The Independent UK

Iranian Militias Deployed in Central Syria after Russia's Withdrawal

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Fourth Division led by Major General Maher al-Assad, have reinforced their military presence in the Mahin military warehouse in the eastern countryside of Homs - the second largest arms and ammunition depot in Syria.

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US Study: Syrian Regime Turns Humanitarian Aid into Profit Center

Humanitarian and relief aid for the Syrian people has often been the subject of official and international attention, but the lengthy Syrian crisis provided the regime in Damascus with “skills and tools” to exploit the aid and prolong the crisis, according to a recent US report. It stated that the…

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James Foley’s Mother, Brother Testify at Trial of ISIS ‘Beatle’

The mother of slain American journalist James Foley said Monday at the trial of one of his alleged ISIS captors that she initially hoped reports her son had been executed were "some cruel joke." "I didn't want to believe it," Diane Foley testified at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh,…

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Evening Standard

Hunt for the ‘Butchers of Bucha’

So this is what denazification looks like. Bodies littered across the street, victims filling mass graves, destruction and grief congealing in a way only war can replicate. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

The Conversation

Humanitarian aid workers need security, rights and better pay

Professional humanitarian aid workers in war-torn places like Ukraine, Ethiopia, Syria and South Sudan do some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: These atrocities in Bucha are how Putin wages war

Bodies strewn across the street. Victims lying in mass graves. Widespread hunger. Scenes of total destruction. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

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Shelling of Village in Northern Syria Kills 4 Students

Syrian government forces on Monday shelled a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria, the country’s last major opposition stronghold, killing four students on their way to school, opposition activists said. The shelling targeted the village of Maaret al-Naasan in Idlib province.

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Pentagon Report: US Military Could Have Done More To Prevent Civilian Harm In Raqqa

The US military could have done more to reduce civilian harm during the battle to liberate Syria’s Raqqa city from ISIS from June till October 2017, according to a report requested by the US Department of Defense (DOD). The report, prepared by RAND researchers, studies the causes of civilian harm…

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In War-Torn Syria, a Charity Offers Hope to Kids with Cancer

At the children’s cancer ward in a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, children walk down brightly painted corridors, hooked up to IV needles delivering critical treatment into their bloodstream. Nurses tend to babies and teenagers getting chemotherapy sit in reclining chairs. Other children, in a nearby playroom, draw…

The Independent UK

In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer

The beds fill up fast at a hospital ward in Syria's capital operated by BASMA, a private charity association that supports Syrian children with cancer

Daily Record

Daughter of IS murder victim David Haines to travel to Syria to find father's remains

Bethany Haines received a tip-off from a man with map co-ordinates to the location of where her father's remains are thought to be.

Daily Mirror

Daughter of Brit beheaded by ISIS gets mystery call telling her where his body is

David Haines was working for a French agency when he was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013, held hostage and later beheaded by Jihadi John in a video which horrified the world

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-ICC Prosecutor Urges Global Arrest Warrant for Putin

The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a war criminal,” Carla Del Ponte told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday. In interviews given to Swiss media to…

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UN Concerned about Fate of 100 Children after ISIS Attack on Ghwayran Prison in Syria

United Nations human rights experts expressed on Friday profound concerns for the physical, mental, educational and overall medical welfare of children arbitrarily held in detention centers in northeast Syria, as well as those children who appear to be missing and unaccounted for. “We are extremely concerned that since the January…

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