The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have captured the last major oilfield under Syrian government control during deadly clashes over a vast central desert zone, a monitoring group said. The Jazal field was now shut down and clashes were ongoing east of Homs, with casualties reported[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is ready to hold snap parliamentary elections and allow a “healthy” opposition to share power. The Syrian president “is in agreement with” holding elections for parliament, as well as establishing contacts with the so-called healthy opposition and bringing them into[…]
Canada on Thursday denied it had received an asylum request from the family of a Syrian toddler who has become a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis after his little body washed up on a Turkish beach. Identified as three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the boy was among 12 migrants who died trying to[…]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that his country does not want to take in large numbers of Muslims, in defence of Hungary’s response to the surge in refugees trying to enter the country. “I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large[…]
The demolition of Palmyra’s Temple of Bel represents a tragedy, not only for the history of the Syria people but that of the global community as well, according to The U.N. Training and Research Agency (UNOSAT). The nearly 2,000-year old Roman Temple, considered amongst the most historically significant structures in[…]
“Is this really our train? Is this the train to Germany?!” Maha screams with delight. It is Monday evening in Vienna’s central train station and the 25-year-old Arabic teacher, carrying her one-year old son in her arms, can’t quite believe that her family’s harrowing journey from Syria may soon be[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has battled Syrian rebel forces in a southern district of Damascus, bringing ISIL fighters within about 5km of the centre of the capital. ISIL fighters on Monday night waged street battles against a loose coalition of Syrian rebels in Asali,[…]
Over 11 000 Quraans, 10 000 stationery packs, 11 000 school bags and winter clothing will be making its way to Syrian refugees following another successful campaign by Cii Projects, Alhamdulillah. The South African community, as well as our compatriots in neighbouring countries like Botswana, have been instrumental in supporting[…]
With much of the world focusing on the Islamic State (IS) and its offensive on Kobane, very little is known about the Kurdish people, who call the Syrian-Turkish border town home. The Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East and Central Asia. The Kurdish question is a term[…]
An international medical organisation has said its doctors treated four patients last week in the Syrian city of Aleppo who were exhibiting symptoms of exposure to chemical agents. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that the patients were all from one family – two parents, a three-year-old girl and[…]
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