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Over 110 million forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, says UN

As Russia's war in Ukraine rages on, the E.U. Lifeline to Syira's northwest Humanitarian organizations fear that Russia's isolation from the donor conference could be detrimental to humanitarian aid efforts, especially in northwestern Syria. Currently, only one U.N.-mandated cross-border humanitarian aid channel — the Bab al-Hawa crossing in northwest Syria, has been allowed to remain open until July 2022, after …

Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout

In Syria, Russia leads effort to recruit fighters for Ukraine

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As Europe opens arms to 2m Ukraine refugees how many did countries take from other conflicts

EXPLAINER: Will Russia bring Syrian fighters to Ukraine?

BEIRUT — With Russia’s war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East, particularly Syria. Russia’s military is deeply entrenched in the Mideast country, where its intervention — starting in 2015 — helped Syrian President Bashar Assad gain the upper hand in the ongoing, 11-year civil …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered Europe’s biggest refugee crisis in decades, with more than 2 million Ukrainians fleeing their country within two weeks. Western media has been accused of double standard and hypocrisy in its coverage of the crisis, with many critics pointing out “racial bias” in the way “white refugees” were being portrayed vis-à-vis refugees of colour. …

Russia recruiting Syrians for urban combat in Ukraine, US officials say

WASHINGTON : Moscow is recruiting Syrians skilled in urban combat to fight in Ukraine as Russia’s invasion is poised to expand deeper into cities, according to U.S. officials. An American assessment indicates that Russia, which has been operating inside Syria since 2015, has in recent days been recruiting fighters from there, hoping their expertise in urban combat can help take …

Al Jazeera talks to Syrians who endured Russian air strikes as Moscow tries to advance its invasion of Ukraine. “He is going to go full Aleppo on Ukraine now, isn’t he?” al-Khatib, having lived through the days when the Syrian city was under intense attack, asked in shock. Now, in Ukraine, reports have shown Russian forces also bombing civilian areas …

Russia’s Syria intervention provided hints for Ukraine war

BEIRUT — From a tent in the rebel-held pocket of Syria, Ahmad Rakan has closely followed news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “There is no doubt that the Russian intervention in Ukraine is an accumulation of a series of Russian military interventions in Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014 and Syria in 2015,” said Ibrahim Hamidi, a Syrian journalist and …

Syrians in Idlib stand by Ukraine after Russia attack

Many Syrians empathise with Ukrainians given their experience of surviving Russian shelling and air raids during war in their country. Binnish, Syria – As the crisis escalates in Ukraine following Russian attacks on the country, many people in Syria – still living through war in their own country – are voicing solidarity with Ukrainians. In the city of Binnish in …