How Syria’s White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine
The Syrian volunteer rescue workers known as the White Helmets have become the target of an extraordinary disinformation campaign that positions them as an al-Qaida-linked terrorist organisation. The...
View ArticleReport details where ISIS gets its weapons
By Jamie Crawford Washington (CNN)The majority of weapons used by ISIS since 2014 originated in China, Russia and Eastern Europe, according to a new report from a Belgian research group that studied...
View ArticleISIS weapons arsenal included some purchased by U.S. government
LONDON — Some weapons bought by the U.S. military in 2015 ended up in the hands of Islamic State fighters within two months, according to a report released Thursday. The findings, by Conflict Armament...
View ArticleU.S. quietly let hundreds of ISIS fighters flee Raqqa
A secret deal reportedly allowed some of the most notorious ISIS fighters to escape from a besieged Syrian city with their weapons. CBS News partner BBC News says 250 fighters were permitted to leave...
View ArticleDeadly US air strike in Syria hit peaceful mosque
US forces failed to take necessary precautions before launching a lethal drone strike in northern Syria last month that hit a mosque full of worshipers, three separate investigations have revealed....
View ArticleUS-led coalition air strike in Syria kills more than 30 people in school near...
At least 33 people have been killed in an air strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the Isis-held city of Raqqa, Syria, a monitoring group has said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for...
View ArticleRecord number of refugees opt to leave in 2016
Nearly 55,000 migrants and refugees who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by 20,000 from the number who left of their own volition in 2015,...
View ArticleSaudi collects 145 mln riyals for Syrians in 1 day
The total amount of donations collected by the Saudi popular campaign to aid the Syrian people has so far reached 143,100,000 Saudi riyals, according to Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah, the general supervisor...
View ArticleIdlib overwhelmed by influx of Aleppo’s wounded
When surgeon Mounir Hakimi operated on five-month-old Maram in the Syrian province of Idlib last week, the horrific extent of her injuries quickly became clear. “She lost both her parents in an air...
View ArticleGaziantep University lets Syrians study in Arabic
Syrian refugee students now have the option to pursue their studies in Arabic while living in Turkey and resume classes from where they left off. Nearly 2,000 Syrians are taking classes at Gaziantep...
View ArticleBuses sent to Aleppo for evacuation
A number of buses meant to evacuate opposition fighters and their families have been sent to the rebel-held sector of Syria’s Aleppo as part of a deal, according to reports. Syrian state television...
View ArticleEast Aleppo’s last hospital destroyed by airstrikes
The last operating hospital in east Aleppo has been destroyed by airstrikes, leaving up to 250,000 residents without access to surgery or specialist care, and rebel-held districts at the point of...
View ArticleIslam is ‘not strongest factor’ behind foreign fighters joining extremist...
Religion is not the strongest driving force behind thousands of foreign fighters joining Isis and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, a report by US military researchers has found. A new study...
View ArticleSyria war: Aleppo pounded by air strikes for second day, More than 80 killed
Air strikes and artillery have pounded rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of people, damaging medical facilities and flattening residential buildings. Sources told...
View ArticleSyria’s Aleppo: 99 civilians killed in two days
At least 99 Syrians have been killed across the eastern half of the city Aleppo over the past two days, in what activists and residents believe was Russian and Syrian air bombardment of their...
View Article30,000 Syrian children ‘starving’ on Jordan border
More than 30,000 Syrian children are facing starvation in Jordan after authorities in Amman suspended life-saving food and medical aid to refugees living along its northeastern border with Syria....
View ArticleAir strikes kill dozens in Syria’s Aleppo
At least 53 people, including children, have been killed in government air strikes in Syria’s Aleppo city, activists have said. Dozens of barrel bombs – oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives...
View ArticleAt least 100 drowned migrants wash up on Libyan shore – as 300 are rescued in...
The bodies of more than 100 refugees have washed up on a Libyan beach as a new migrant boat tragedy unfolded in the Mediterranean south of Greece today. They were among hundreds of refugees who died in...
View ArticleSyrian refugees donating to help Canadians who lost their homes in massive...
Newly arrived Syrian refugees in Canada are donating money to help those who have lost their homes and possessions to a massive wildfire, Canadian media reported Friday. Rita Khanchet of the Syrian...
View ArticleSeveral Iranian soldiers killed near Aleppo
DUBAI: Several Iranian soldiers were killed near Aleppo, the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, in what appeared to be one of Iran’s biggest losses in Syria since it deployed forces to support...
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