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15 children among 547 detainees who died in Syrian prisons in 2022
Damascus: The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has reported that 547 detainees have died in the Syrian regime’s detention centers in 2022. The SNHR revealed the fate of detainees held by…
- Middle East
Syrians braces for cold winter amid fuel shortage
Damascus: As plummeting temperatures hit Damascus with a shroud of winter fog, people in the Syrian capital have been battling fuel shortage and other adversities. Although the locals are not new to…
- Middle East
Lebanon calls on int’l community to aid Syrian refugees home return
Beirut: Around 500,000 Syrian refugees have registered for their voluntary return from Lebanon to their homeland, and Beirut has called on the international community and donors to facilitate their forthcoming return. Abbas…
- Middle East
TikTok profits from livestreams of Syrian refugees begging for money
The Chinese social networking site TikTok gets about 70 percent of the donations made through its application, to hundreds of displaced families living in Syrian camps, according to a BBC investigation. BBC…
- Middle East
Lebanon never accepts permanent settlement of displaced Syrians: Michel Aoun
Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his country will never accept the permanent settlement of displaced Syrians and will prevent it “at all costs”. “We completely reject any attempts to settle displaced…
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9 million international migrants live in Egypt: IOM
Cairo: More than 9 million international migrants from about 130 countries currently live in Egypt, according to the latest figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a statement, the…
- Middle East
Over 113k Syrian eligible to vote in Turkish elections
Ankara: A Turkish migration official has said the country now has more than 113,000 Syrians who can vote in Turkish elections. A total of 200,950 Syrians were granted Turkish citizenship and 113,654…
- Middle East
Lebanon asks for $30bn compensation for hosting displaced Syrians
Beirut: Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar urged the international community to compensate the country with $30 billion for hosting displaced Syrians over a long period of time. “We rely on the…
- Middle East
More than 12.3M Syrian children in need of help: UNICEF report
Damascus: More than 12.3 million Syrian children are in need of humanitarian assistance, a record number since 2011, the date of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution. United Nations International Children’s Emergency…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia launches project to aid Syrian orphans in Jordan
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Saturday has launched a project for the care of Syrian orphans in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,…
- Middle East
Israeli missiles target Syria again
Damascus: The Syrian air defences were triggered by a fresh Israeli missile strike, which targeted sites in the south earlier on Thursday and killed a Syrian soldier, state news agency SANA reported.…
- Middle East
Syrian govt condemns Turkish extension of troops deployment in Syria
Damascus: The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the Turkish decision to extend its troops’ deployment in Syria and Iraq for two more years, saying such practices threaten international peace and security, according…
- Middle East
Lebanon arrests 14 Syrians over illegal entry
Beirut: Lebanon’s security authorities have arrested a human smuggling network attempting to facilitate the illegal entry of 14 Syrian nationals. The arrests were made in the northern district of Akkar, Xinhua news…
- Middle East
Turkey to tighten controls on refugees in big cities
Ankara: Turkey will tighten controls on non-documented refugees in big cities to ease the rising anti-immigrant sentiment among Turkish people, a local newspaper said in a report. Turkish authorities plan to identify…
- Syria
Displaced Syrians start new year in abandoned prison
IDLIB: Children play in a prison courtyard, while adults divide a cell inside between several families. Fleeing violence in northwest Syria, they found nowhere else to go. They are among hundreds of thousands…
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