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Turkey plans camps for displaced in north Syria

Turkey plans camps for displaced in north Syria

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry says the country plans to establish camps in nine locations in northern Syria to house people displaced…
Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home

Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home

Ibrahim Alhasbani is like generations of Middle Eastern immigrants in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn: he fled war, came with…
Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim

Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim

Turkey on Monday asked German authorities to detain and extradite Salih Muslim, the founder and former co-chair of Syria’s Democratic…
Turkey: State broadcaster censors music

Turkey: State broadcaster censors music

In 2010, Kurdish singer Rojda was sentenced to one year and eight months in jail: Her songs were declared “terrorist…
Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?

Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?

In a hospital in Eastern Ghouta, Bassam Bakri, an anesthesiologist is describing the suffering. “[Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad is bombing…
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught

Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught

An international convoy has cut short its mission to Syria’s rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after delivering desperately needed aid…
Saudi-owned private broadcaster pulls the plug on Turkish dramas

Saudi-owned private broadcaster pulls the plug on Turkish dramas

The Arab world’s largest private broadcaster has stopped showing Turkish television programs, it said on Monday, as tensions rise between…
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria

UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday ordered an immediate probe into the situation in Syria’s besieged rebel enclave of…
Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure

Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure

Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the US…
Aid convoy headed to besieged rebel-held Damascus suburbs

Aid convoy headed to besieged rebel-held Damascus suburbs

Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus’ eastern suburbs of Ghouta…
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