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In 2020 Iranian authorities sentenced Adelkhah to five years in jail on national security charges, which she deniedIranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah was released from Iran’s Evin prison, France said, but it was unclear what the conditions of her …
Assad regime still insists on handling all aid shipments to war-torn and quake-ravaged country that has been all but cut off from helpThe US has temporarily eased its sanctions on Syria in a bid to speed up aid deliveries to the country’s north-west, w…
Determination to get donations to stricken areas is galvanising people haunted by fears for family and friendsTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesDozens of volunteers are packing boxes piled high on a north London industrial estate, fillin…
Palestinian driver rams car into people on outskirts of city, in incident described by PM as terrorist attackTwo people including a child have been killed and several injured after a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a group of people at a bus sto…
Humanitarian groups urge foreign secretary to issue correction to a recent report, amid fears it could provide cover for repression in the Gulf stateThe British foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has been urged by humanitarian organisations to issue a …
Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless in often sub-zero winter conditionsTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesA second convoy of aid trucks has crossed into stricken north-western Syria from Turkey, as rescuers continued…
Subsidence has caused flooding, while hillsides are at risk of landslip, which mean roads may need to be rerouted and people rehomedMore than 17,000 people are now known to have died after the huge earthquake in Turkey and Syria and the focus right now…
Bodies are piled up in stadiums or car parks for identification; coffins are being brought in and mass graves dugTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesAt the Nurdağı cemetery in the Turkish province of Gaziantep, on the Syrian border, there …
Rescue teams say death tolls will continue to rise if UN does not speed up ‘overly cautious’ delivery of aid into rebel-held regionTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesPressure is mounting on the UN to provide urgent support to north-wester…
Great uncle will look after baby whose mother died in the wreckage of their home, as teenager pulled alive from house in Turkey, days after quakeA Syrian baby girl whose mother died after giving birth to her under the rubble of their home during this w…