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The latest from Turkey and Syrian earthquake. Overnight an earthquake hit a wide area in south-eastern Turkey and Syria, killing over 300 people, injuring over…

IS announces leader’s death and names replacement Islamic State (IS) has announced the death of its leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi and named his replacement…

At least 34 migrants have drowned and 20 are in hospital being treated after the boat they were travelling in sank off Syria’s coast.

Arab News says Russia defended its veto of a UN resolution that would have extended humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians.

France has repatriated 51 nationals – 35 children and 16 mothers – from camps in Syria who were family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held.

Israel launches deadly airstrikes in Syria targeting ammunition depots and other buildings. A violation of foreign sovereignty by the Israeli army has been condemned as…

Arab News say for journalist Amer Matar a decade-long search for his younger brother has defined him and changed the course of his life.

Arab News says Eight hundred Iraqi refugees returned home from northeast Syria on Thursday and hundreds more are to follow.

‘It is unrealistic that the Assad regime in Syria will go away’ Bilal Abdul Kareem describes the torture and injustice against Syrian prisoners of war…

Aljazeera says At least 120 people have been killed in ongoing battles between US-backed, Kurdish-led forces and ISIL (ISIS) fighters after an attack on a Syrian prison.

Aljazeera says An Israeli air raid has struck Syria’s Mediterranean port of Latakia for the second time this month.

The Metro says Shamima Begum has insisted she ‘didn’t hate Britain’ when she travelled to Syria to join Isis as a teenager.

Aljazeera says Israel has launched an aerial attack with a number of missiles targeting an area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Sky News says at least 13 people have been killed after an explosion destroyed a bus in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Arab News says an Israeli airstrike in central Syria killed one Syrian soldier and three pro-Iranian fighters on Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said.

A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10 years ago.

19 people were killed on Thursday in the fiercest clashes in Syria’s Daraa province since it was recaptured by the government, from the American backed militia.

Local Lebanon news agencies have reported that Lebanese Officials have lodged a protest at the UN over Israel had violated Lebanese sovereignty by using Lebanese…

US forces in eastern Syria took indirect fire on Saturday but initial reports did not indicate any casualties or damage, a US defense official told Reuters.

The United States is “moving on the wrong path” and must stop its interference in the region, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday following US military airstrikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria.

Wednesday 30 december news briefing BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGWednesday 30 December 2020 News Briefing -As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active…

The 24-year-old Spanish woman who went from Fallera to Jihadist 24-year-old Cristina B was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organisation after she…

Why we must all watch this shocking video By Yvonne Ridley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-OSgtcgdZo This is the video the leaders of the Syrian rebel group Hay’at Tahrir…

Greece secretly sent away more than 1,000 migrants – including babies, abandoning them in open seas The New York Times has reported that at least…

By Yvonne Ridley. Syrian-based American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem who took the US Government to court for putting him on a “kill list” in the…