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Turkey minister says 25,000 Syrian returned home since president Assad's ouster

More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist-led HTS rebels, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday. Syrian refugees living in Turkey wait in a queue to enter Syria Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees who fled the civil war that broke out in 2011, and whose presence has been an issue …

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The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

Associated Press

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkey gained renown as a haven for refugees by welcoming more than 3 million Syrians fleeing violence between forces from Bashar Assad ’s government and a patchwork of rebel groups. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print ‘My children were born here’ Cabuli spent several years in a refugee camp before …

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7,600 Syrians returned via Turkish border in 5 days after Assad fall: Minister

New Indian Express

ISTANBUL: More than 7,600 Syrian migrants crossed the Turkish border to return home in the five days after the fall of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, Turkey's interior minister said Sunday. In a statement on X, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya listed the total number of Syrians "who returned voluntarily from Turkey" each day between December 9 and 13, with the five-day …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

Daily Mail

Islamist rebel group Ha'yat Tahrir al-Sham officially ended Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's longstanding regime earlier this week, naming a leader of a new transition government days after Assad fled Damascus to seek refuge in Moscow. Destroyed trucks after a Turkish airstrike near Qamishli, northeast of Syria on 11 December 2024 Israeli troops move within the buffer zone between Israel and …

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2 weeks ago

Syrian refugees eagerly return home as Bashar al-Assad's regime falls

Hindustan Times

Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey on Monday, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of Bashar Assad’s government. Thank God, the war is over.” Assad’s fall has sparked widespread joy among Turkey’s 3 million Syrian refugees, with many taking to the streets of Istanbul and other cities to celebrate. “As Syria gains …

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Solution urged to bring peace, stability in Syria

China Daily

China hopes that all parties concerned will proceed with interests of Syrians in mind China, the United Nations and the Arab League have called for efforts to peacefully resolve the situation in Syria, with due respect for the aspirations of the Syrian people, as the country grapples with uncertainty on multiple fronts, following the departure and reported resignation of its …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

‘Unjust and tyrannical rule’: How world reacted to Assad's ouster from Syria

Hindustan Times

With many Syrians abroad and in the Middle East celebrating the fall of Syria's authoritarian government to jihadi militants, the event triggered mixed reactions across the region and beyond, ranging from jubilation to concern over an uncertain future. Now, he said, “Syrians have to create a state that is well organised and take care of their country.” Many citizens in …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Global reaction to Assad’s sudden ouster from Syria ranges from jubilation to alarm

Associated Press

Across the Middle East and beyond, the fall of Syria’s authoritarian government at the hands of jihadi militants set off waves of jubilation, trepidation and alarm. Now, he said, “Syrians have to create a state that is well organized and take care of their country.” Many citizens in Syria’s neighboring countries reacted with joy to news Assad was gone. Iran, …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Syria civil war: Russia says Bashar al-Assad has left Syria; Israeli PM orders ’seizure’ of buffer zone — 10 points

Live Mint

As the Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed after opposition fighters entered Damascus, crowds gathered in the Syria capital on Sunday to celebrate the end of a tyrant’s over 13 years long regime and stormed the presidential palace. Here are the 10 key points on Syria – ‘Bashar Assad had left Syria’ Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed on Sunday that Bashar Assad had …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hope and fear in equal measure as local Syrians caught unawares by rebel uprising

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now the entire city is under their power, except …

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5 months ago

Syria and Turkey: A path to reconciliation, or a defeat of the opposition?

Al Jazeera

Anti-Syrian riots in Turkey and protests in Syria are a symbol of a period of flux in relations between the two countries. “Erdogan’s Syria policy since 2016 has been helping the Assad regime,” said Gönül Tol, the founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey programme. The Syrian opposition’s relations with the regime are based on their own free decision, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Attacks on Syrian Refugees Reveal Türkiye’s Immigration Struggle

The Hindu

Published : Jul 16, 2024 17:38 IST - 10 MINS READ The once bustling Melikgazi district in Türkiye’s Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, 346 km southeast of the capital Ankara, now bears the scars of charred homes, burnt stores, and overturned cars. According to Hamit, “Both countries are moving to launch anti-terrorist operations in Northern Syria and are opposed to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Turkey’s president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts

LA Times

Syrians wait to cross into Syria at the Cilvegozu border gate near the town of Antakya in southeastern Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. “One of the reasons for the tragic event that was caused …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Syrians decry looming end to cross-border aid from Turkey

Al Jazeera

People in northwest Syria fear ‘death by starvation’ as UN authorisation of aid deliveries is set to expire on Monday. The Bab al-Hawa border crossing is the sole gateway for UN humanitarian aid to enter northwestern Syria after repeated Russian objections that have reduced the number of crossings from four to just one. Since 2014, the UN has been using …

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1 year, 6 months ago

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

Al Jazeera

Gaziantep, Turkey — Hatim al-Abdullah, a dual Syrian-Turkish citizen, voted for the first time in Turkey’s elections in May, which returned longtime leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a five-year presidential term. The xenophobic rhetoric heard first in the aftermath of the earthquakes, then during the election campaigns, made Syrians feel like their time in Turkey would soon come to a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Number of new German citizens hits 20-year high as many Syrians naturalized

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany saw a 28% increase in the number of people gaining its citizenship last year, with people from Syria accounting for more than a quarter of those who were naturalized, official data showed Tuesday. Turkish citizens were the second-biggest group of people gaining German citizenship last year — 14,200 of them, a 16% increase compared to 2021, and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Turkish presidential run-off leaves Syrians with uncertain future

Al Jazeera

Election campaign has seen rising anti-refugee rhetoric, leaving many Syrians worried about what will come next. Rising nationalism According to the United Nations refugee agency, the vast majority of refugees in Turkey – 3.6 million – are Syrian living under “temporary protection status”. Besides moves towards a potential rapprochement, Erdogan’s government has pushed on with its plan for refugees to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Syrians will go!’ As Turkey’s election runoff nears, refugees face new threats

LA Times

Youngsters stand next to gigantic election ad for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a campaign rally in Istanbul. In the mobile game “Zafer Tourism,” players catapult Syrian refugees scurrying into Turkey onto trucks to take them back from where they came. “We will never, ever make Turkey a warehouse of refugees,” Kilicdaroglu said in a campaign speech Tuesday in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Five ways Kilicdaroglu will try to beat Erdogan in Turkey run-off

Al Jazeera

The opposition candidate has adopted a harder tone while campaigning ahead of the May 28 run-off vote. After a dispiriting first-round vote for many of his supporters, Turkey’s opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu is heading a steelier campaign to beat his rival Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the country’s May 28 run-off election. Doubling down on anti-migration stance Kilicdaroglu’s campaign …

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1 year, 7 months ago

As key votes loom, Turkish parties vow to send migrants home

Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — For Nidal Jumaa, a Syrian from Aleppo, life in Turkey is tough. He can’t even walk.” Syrians fleeing the civil war — now into its 12th year — were once welcomed in Turkey out of compassion, making the country home to the world’s largest refugee community. We want our Syrian brothers and sisters who took refuge in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Turkey border guards shooting, torturing Syrians fleeing war at home: Rights group

Firstpost

Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Turkish border guards of shooting, torturing and using excessive force against Syrians trying to flee their war-ravaged country into neighbouring Turkey. The rights group urged Ankara to investigate border guards, hold those responsible for “grave human rights violations, including unlawful killings” to account, and end “longstanding impunity for these abuses”. “Turkish border guards are …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Syrian refugees in Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas

Al Jazeera

Government directives issued after the earthquakes allow refugees in affected provinces to move around, but only for a limited time. “I saw it hanging on the closet door as the walls started to crumble around us.” Temporary policy According to government estimates, more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees lived in the 10 southern Turkish provinces devastated by this month’s earthquakes. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey after quake devastation

Al Jazeera

Syrians are hoping conditions in their war-ravaged homeland are better than quake-hit Turkey. Bab al-Hawa, Syria – Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey who survived last week’s earthquakes are returning to their war-torn homeland after once again losing everything. “At Bab al-Hawa, we are facilitating the entry of our Syrian people coming from Turkey … by giving them papers proving …

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1 year, 10 months ago

After quake, war-hit Syrians struggle to get aid, rebuild

Associated Press

ATAREB, Syria — After years of war, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a massive earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality. Almost one week after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northern Syria and neighboring Turkey, the United Nations has acknowledged an international failure to help Syrian quake victims. “My duty and our obligation is …

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Turkey minister says 25,000 Syrian returned home since president Assad's ouster

The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

7,600 Syrians returned via Turkish border in 5 days after Assad fall: Minister

Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

Syrian refugees eagerly return home as Bashar al-Assad's regime falls

Solution urged to bring peace, stability in Syria

‘Unjust and tyrannical rule’: How world reacted to Assad's ouster from Syria

Global reaction to Assad’s sudden ouster from Syria ranges from jubilation to alarm

Syria civil war: Russia says Bashar al-Assad has left Syria; Israeli PM orders ’seizure’ of buffer zone — 10 points

Hope and fear in equal measure as local Syrians caught unawares by rebel uprising

Syria and Turkey: A path to reconciliation, or a defeat of the opposition?

Attacks on Syrian Refugees Reveal Türkiye’s Immigration Struggle

Turkey’s president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts

Syrians decry looming end to cross-border aid from Turkey

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

Number of new German citizens hits 20-year high as many Syrians naturalized

Turkish presidential run-off leaves Syrians with uncertain future

‘Syrians will go!’ As Turkey’s election runoff nears, refugees face new threats

Five ways Kilicdaroglu will try to beat Erdogan in Turkey run-off

As key votes loom, Turkish parties vow to send migrants home

Turkey border guards shooting, torturing Syrians fleeing war at home: Rights group

Syrian refugees in Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey after quake devastation

After quake, war-hit Syrians struggle to get aid, rebuild