A Search for Ways Around Blocked Strait Leads to Syria
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.
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Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.
Australian Women and Children Linked to ISIS Fighters Return Home
The police said two of them would face charges of crimes against humanity and the third would face a charge of belonging to a terrorist group.
Three women linked to IS charged over alleged actions in Syria after returning to Australia
Two women charged in Melbourne on Friday with another charged in Sydney on Thursday night after group of 13 fly homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree women who arrived…
‘We just want our children to be safe’: two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp
Four women and nine children expected to return to Australia on Thursday with all apart from a mother and her child expected to go to VictoriaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities in two Australian states are preparing …
Charges flagged as women and children from IS-linked families set to fly from Syria to Australia
Home affairs minister Tony Burke says government continues to refuse to help the group of 13Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome of the Australian women linked to Islamic …
Security or justice? Syria faces post-Assad reckoning after string of arrests
New government accused of ‘performative justice’ and making deals with suspects in 2013 Tadamon massacresAhmad al-Homsi is a deep sleeper, but when he was woken last month and told that Amjad Youssef, a Syrian intelligence officer who killed civilians …
Asylum seeker sent back to France in ‘one in, one out’ scheme to be returned to Syria
Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he ‘didn’t want to kill people’An asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme faces being returned to Syria after authorities in Pari…
Trump administration urges countries to help citizens stuck in Syria as Australia maintains hardline stance
Syrian officials say a group Australians ‘awaiting a solution’ as Albanese government refuses to repatriate themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Trump administration says it is in “active communication” with countries, urg…
Syrian commission prepares war crimes case against notorious Assad official
Fadi Saqr is accused of mass killings of civilians in Tadamon, Damascus, where people say he must face justiceA Syrian rights commission is preparing a case accusing Fadi Saqr, a militia leader within the Assad regime, of involvement in crimes against …