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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Snowstorm brings more misery for Syrians at IDP camps

Dozens of families in an IDP camp in northwestern Syria have been trapped for two days amid a winter storm.

Al Jazeera

Shelling Kills 4 People in Syria's Afrin

At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured in shelling on the Syrian city of Afrin and a separate rocket attack on its outskirts on Thursday, medics at a local hospital and civil defense rescue workers said. They were the latest in years of attacks on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Group: 4 killed in rocket attack on northern town in Syria

Syrian rescuers and a war monitor say a rocket attack on a town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria killed four civilians and wounded over a dozen people

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Far Right activist Tommy Robinson pursued by creditors for £2million

Tommy Robinson is being pursued by creditors to the tune of £2million after he was ordered to compensate a Syrian schoolboy he wrongly accused of attacking a girl.

Evening Standard

Lebanese Museum Returns Artifacts from Syria's Palmyra

Five Roman artifacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where they had been on display since 2018. The limestone statues and carved funerary stones dating from the Roman second and third centuries…

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Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria's ancient city of Palmyra

Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where they had been on display since 2018.

Reuters

Tommy Robinson pursued for estimated £2m debt after bankruptcy claim

Syrian schoolboy who won libel case against anti-Islam activist has not seen penny of £100,000 damages

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Shelling kills four people in Syria's Afrin

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Storm blankets Syrian tented camps in snow, at least one child dead

At least one child was killed in northern Syria this week when a storm blanketed tented camps in snow and brought freezing temperatures, compounding the misery of thousands of people displaced by the Mediterranean country's decade-long war.

Reuters

Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Russia's Special Presidential Envoy for Syrian Settlement

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, met in Riyadh on Thursday with Russia's Special Presidential Envoy for Syrian Settlement Alexander Lavrentiev, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The envoy conveyed the greetings of President Vladimir Putin to the Crown Prince, who in…

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Harsh Winter Hits Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Taking Toll on Refugees

Harsh winter weather with heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures hit Syria, Lebanon and Jordan on Wednesday, worsening the plight of thousands of Syrian refugees displaced in the region. Temperatures are expected to hit an all-time 40-year low, reaching minus 14 degrees Celsius and even lower, according to aid organizations, including…

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Congress Calls on US Administration to Keep Fighting to Free Tice from Syrian Captivity

The US Congress is exerting more pressure on the US Administration to continue pushing for the release of Austin Tice, a US journalist who is held hostage in Syria. US Senators Patrick Leahy, Robert Menendez, Jim Risch, and John Cornyn sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration…

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Aid Cuts Threaten Hospitals in Syria's Idlib

The crowded hospital in Darkush in Syria's northwest treats around 30,000 patients every month, for free -- but now foreign aid cuts are threatening its future. Already dwindling funds have caused dire shortages of medicine and equipment in this and other clinics in the Idlib region. The United Nations has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany begins trial of Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity

The accused, who arrived in Germany in 2015, has been charged with 18 counts of torture and one count of murder.

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Putin hosts Iranian president for Kremlin talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted his Iranian counterpart, hailing their the two countries’ cooperation on international issues, including the Syrian crisis

The Independent UK

Syrian doctor goes on trial in Germany for crimes against humanity

The unnamed doctor is accused of torturing and killing prisoners at government-run facilities in Syria

The Independent UK

Man guilty of promoting ‘jihad by sword’ in mosque speech

Abubaker Deghayes had denied intending to encourage terrorism in his speech to around 50 people, including children and young adults.

The Independent UK

Impoverished Lebanese, Syrians struggle to survive cold

A snowstorm in the Middle East has left many Lebanese and Syrians scrambling to find ways to survive

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Doctor Goes on Trial in Germany Accused of Torture in Syria

A court in Germany began hearing a case Wednesday against a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity for torturing and killing inmates at a government-run prison and two military hospitals in his home country. Federal prosecutors say the doctor, identified as Alaa M.

The Independent UK

Doctor goes on trial in Germany accused of torture in Syria

A court in Germany has begun hearing a case against a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity for torturing and killing inmates at a government-run prison and two military hospitals in his home country

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey ‘Cannot Ignore’ the US, Russian Bases in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country could not ignore the presence of Russian and US bases and terrorist organizations in large parts of its neighbor to the south, Syria. Speaking to members of the Turkish press on the way back from Albania, Erdogan criticized Washington’s support for…

The Guardian - UK

Ex Guantánamo detainee plans legal action to restore British passport

Moazzam Begg’s application for new passport rejected despite terror prosecution collapsing in 2014

Reuters

Syrian doctor on trial in Germany over torture in military hospitals

A Syrian doctor suspected of crimes against humanity, including torturing prisoners at military hospitals in Syria, went on trial in Germany on Wednesday in the second such case over alleged state-backed torture in Syria's conflict.

Dublin Live

RTE Liveline listeners hear Dublin delivery rider, who lost parents in Syrian war, make passionate plea to help find stolen bike

Mostafa cannot work without his electric bike and is now worried about paying rent

Asharq Al-Awsat

SDF Accuses Turkey of Violating De-Escalation Agreements

The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces revealed on Monday the outcome of the attacks of the Turkish army and its pro-Syrian armed factions on its areas during the first half of January 2022. According to the released data, one civilian was killed and dozens were injured in 225 different attacks, while…

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