Integration a necessity for Syrian refugees in Turkey
Sinem Cengiz June 21, 2019 On Thursday, we marked another World Refugee Day, which was dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. A lot has […]
Dispatch : How Europe Is Handing Off Its ISIS Militants to Iraq
France is leading the way in washing its hands of its Islamic State fighters—whether they receive justice or not. By Pesha Magid | June 15, 2019, BAGHDAD—Standing in his prisoner’s […]
Belgium takes back six orphaned Islamic State children – SDF
Jun 14, 2019 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Belgium has taken back six orphaned children of Islamic State members from Syria, the U.S.-backed militia which is holding thousands of militants and their […]
Syrian Refugees: The Challenges of Starting a New Life in Jordan
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled the violence in their homeland to Jordan. Many still live in camps while others have tried to start new lives in the city. Here, […]
‘Refugee agency secured only 20% of 2019 operation costs in Jordan so far’
UNHCR offers basic needs to 762,420 refugee population in Kingdom of Jordan By JT – Jun 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The UNHCR-Jordan has secured only 20 per cent of […]
Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa review – searing Syrian road trip
The poetic and horrific combine in this tale of love and death set in a Syria torn apart by civil war by Hisham Matar Fri 10 May 2019 Recently, at […]
The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack
The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices We like to take the Big Boys on […]
Iraq is pushing to build an isolation camp for 30,000 Iraqis who lived under ISIS in Syria
Source: The Washington Post By Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim IRBIL, Iraq — Senior Iraqi officials are pressing to establish a special detention camp to isolate as many as 30,000 Iraqis who lived […]
Turkey surpasses others in schooling rate for refugee children
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Published04.05.2019 With its efforts to educate Syrian refugees, Turkey now stands well ahead in the schooling rate of refugee children of grade school age at […]
The thorny path to Syrian reconstruction
MARIA BEAT Published02.05.2019 People walk in a square in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of Daesh, on April 14, 2019. The Syrian reconstruction is a […]
Syria’s lost heritage stands out in Aleppo’s broken minarets
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 1, 2019 Hookas are displayed near the damaged Sultaniyeh Mosque in the old city of Aleppo, Syria April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) […]
Video: Militant weapons cache with Israeli, US-made munitions uncovered in Syria’s Quneitra
Tue Apr 23, 2019 00:00 01:41 This picture, taken on April 23, 2019, shows weapons seized by Syrian government forces during a military operation against Takfiri terrorists in Syria’s southern […]
What can past civil wars tell us about Syria and its road to recovery?
As the conflict sputters on, Robert Fisk wonders whether eventual reconciliation will be possible in this century @indyvoices Tuesday 9 April 2019 19:45 When Syrian government soldiers first recaptured the small village of Deir Hafar […]
Turkey says: US delivers equipment to YPG terrorists near Turkish border in Syria
DAILY SABAH ANKARa Published 22.04.2019 A line of US military vehicles drive through a checkpoint of the Internal Security Forces in Manbij as they head to their base on the […]
Parliaments of Iraq’s neighbours say ‘shared destiny’ calls for joint action
Baghdad hosts speakers of Jordan, S. Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey By JT – Apr 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh meets with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed […]
Israeli media says: Christianity grows in Syrian town once besieged by Islamic State
Converts say experience of war, onslaught of group claiming to fight for Islam pushed them toward new faith. Critics accuse them of seeking personal gain such as financial help […]
Kosovo returns families of jihadists from Syria
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 20, 2019 PRISTINA AIRPORT, Kosovo (Reuters) – An airplane has returned women and children who are relatives to Kosovo jihadists in Syria to […]
INSIDE GENEVA: What to do with the children of Islamic State?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 A child rides in a makeshift cart at Al-Hol camp in Syria on March 31, […]
Western powers’ sanctions on Syria harm its people rather than its government
Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN After losing the war on Syria’s battlefields, the US and the EU are prosecuting the war by economic means. Although they imposed sanctions […]
Lebanon is struggling to cope with Syrian refugees, but young people are pushing the country to be positive
I am not a refugee, but a member of a community which suddenly found a million and a half refugees in our midst. Theresia Sarkis The Independent Voices Paddy Dowling […]