Search results
Killings show ISIS remains a threat in Syria's desert 5 years after losing its caliphate
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 16 hours agoThe ISIS attacks are a sign of the weakness of the Assad regime and the factions fighting it. "I do...
Some Syrian refugees risk returning to opposition-held areas as hostility in host Lebanon grows
National Post· 6 days agoIDLIB, Syria (AP) — For more than a decade, a steady flow of Syrians have crossed the border from...
The forgotten Palestinians of Syria - Macleans.ca
Maclean s· 2 days agoYarmouk is gone. As recently as seven years ago, Yarmouk was the beating heart of Palestinian Syria, home to roughly 150,000 patrilineal descendants of refugees from the Israeli-Arab ...
Theo James appointed UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador
BANG Showbiz via Yahoo Canada News· 23 hours agoTheo James has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The 'Gentlemen' actor - whose own grandfather fled Greece to Syria on...
Aid worker says dozens saved from Italian shipwreck
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 39 minutes agoHe was still alive," Mr Veert told the BBC. "All are very young men between 18 and 25," he added. The boat had set off from Libya, and was carrying...
Eleven migrants dead, 64 missing after Mediterranean shipwrecks
The Globe and Mail· 19 hours agoThe U.N. Refugee agency UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and U.N....
U.S. formally recognizes death of Majd Kamalmaz in Syria
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoKamalmaz was a Syrian-American who took his services to the Middle Eastern country to treat...
Kentucky man convicted of training with Islamic State group in Syria
National Post· 6 days agoA Kentucky man has been convicted in federal court of leaving the U.S. to train and fight with the...
U.S. designates Iran-aligned Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as terrorist organization
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoThe United States has designated Iraq-based Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as a terrorist...
Eleven dead and over 60 missing as migrant boats capsize off Italy’s coast
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoThe 10 dead are in the flooded lower deck of the boat. Our thoughts are with their families. We are...