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UN says EU-Turkey refugee deal would violate law
Proposals to send back refugees en masse from the European Union to Turkey would contravene their right to protection under European and international law, agencies and rights groups say. The UN’s...
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The dark side of the EU-Turkey refugee deal: Kenan Malik
How do you solve a crisis? By brushing it far enough away from your gaze that you can pretend that it’s no longer there? That at least appears to be the European Union approach. For the past year, the...
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US says killed ISIL finance minister in Syria
Several key leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including its finance minister, were killed in an airstrike in Syria this week, according to US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter....
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Syrian army ‘recaptures city of Palmyra from ISIL’
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air power, have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after days of intense fighting, state media and...
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Deportation of refugees from Greece to Turkey begins
More than 200 people have been put on boats by Greek police and sent back to Turkey under a deal the EU brokered with Ankara to stem the flow of refugees to Europe. The governor of Turkey’s Izmir...
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Report: Russia forces rarely targeted ISIL in Syria
Russia’s claim to have mainly targeted the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) during a six-month military intervention in the Syrian civil war was false, a private...
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250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus:residents
Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents said today. “We haven’t been able to reach our...
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The Leaked ‘Panama Papers’ Expose The Dirty Dealings Behind Syria’s War
Among the international figures named in the “Panama Papers,” the trove of more than 11 million leaked financial and legal documents made public over the weekend, is the richest man in Syria, Rami...
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Syria war: The Afghans sent by Iran to fight for Assad
As the five-year conflict in Syria grinds on, BBC Persian has found evidence that Iran is sending thousands of Afghan men to fight alongside Syrian government forces. The men, who are mainly ethnic...
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Syria: Humanitarian situation in Daraya ‘extremely dire’– UN
UN aid officials have warned that the situation in the Syrian town of Daraya is extremely dire, with shortages of food, medicine, and clean water. At least 4,000 people are besieged in the town by...
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Aleppo onslaught: ‘Everyone expects it to get worse’
The Syrian government has carried out more than a dozen fresh air strikes in Aleppo as the death toll from more than a week of escalating violence continues to soar, according to local sources. The...
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60 killed in Aleppo strikes
BEIRUT/GENEVA: A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, monitors and activists said Thursday. Airstrikes destroyed a...
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Syria’s civil war: Aleppo bleeds amid truce efforts
At least three people have been killed in a rebel rocket attack on a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The attack was part of a shelling that left at least 19 people dead in...
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Several 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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Syrian 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...
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At 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...
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Air 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...
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30,000 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....
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Syria’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...
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Syria 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...
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