ALEPPO, Syria — The moment he arrived home to Syria from Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem held his sister in a tight embrace, tears streaming down their faces. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Syrian refugee Ahmed al-Kassem and his family are welcomed by relatives as they return to their home in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, …
He called himself Hitler and loved to put on ‘entertainments’. Since Assad’s fall, my social media feeds have swelled with images of rebels storming prisons, of bewildered prisoners stumbling through opened doors, of crying women blinking in daylight, and a toddler wandering out of an open cell door. What happened?’ Another man who saw prisoners being freed said some had …
December 08, 2024 15:33 World reactions now to developments in Syria, Bashar Assad’s fleeing U.S. President Joe Biden “President Biden and his team are closely monitoring the extraordinary events in Syria and staying in constant touch with regional partners,” the White House said in a statement. U.S. Pentagon official Daniel Shapiro “The United States will continue to maintain its presence …
NICOSIA, Cyprus — One of the five children who were hospitalized in Cyprus after being rescued from a rickety boat carrying 60 Syrian migrants has died, officials said Thursday. The migrants, who were rescued early Wednesday by Cyprus police, apparently ran out of food and water after the boat had engine trouble during a six-day voyage from Lebanon, officials said. …
A crucial UN Security Council resolution authorising cross-border aid deliveries to Syria without the approval of the Syrian government is due to expire in January. First, it should be recognised that Russia’s approval is not needed to deliver cross-border aid to Syria under International Humanitarian Law. However, as a recent report commissioned by the American Relief Coalition for Syria compellingly …
The first time people here saw a sinkhole, they thought a small asteroid had slammed into the Dead Sea’s salt-encrusted shore. Its capacity of 110 million cubic meters makes it Jordan’s largest dam, a reliable source of more than a third of the country’s water supply. “But the water we receive from the Syrians isn’t anywhere near enough for that.” …
