US Extends Temporary Residency for Thousands From Syria
The United States extended the temporary legal residency status Friday for nearly 7,000 people from Syria because of the country’s civil war.
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UK Supreme Court to Hear Case Over ‘IS Bride’ Return
A woman who joined the Islamic State in Syria would pose “a clear and present threat” to national security if she was allowed to return to Britain to appeal a decision to revoke her citizenship, the U.K. government told the Supreme Court on Monday.
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EU Court Calls Flight From Syrian Military Grounds for Asylum
People fleeing compulsory military service in Syria can claim refugee status in the EU, the union’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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Justice Department Asserts Unreviewable Discretion to Kill US Citizens
Drawing alarm at the D.C. Circuit, a lawyer for the United States argued Monday that the government has the power to kill its citizens without judicial oversight when state secrets are involved.
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In Ruins, Syria Marks 50 Years of Assad Family Rule
Like the Castro family in Cuba and North Korea’s Kim dynasty, the Assads have attached their name to their country the way few non-monarchical rulers have done.
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UK Repatriates British Child From Syria
Britain said on Wednesday it had repatriated a child from Syria, one of dozens of British children thought to be trapped in the war-torn country.
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Syrians Still Finding Their Way in Sweden, Five Years On
They arrived in unprecedented numbers, pushing a strained Sweden to shut its borders as anti-immigration sentiment flared. Five years later, Syrians are still trying to integrate, some more successfully than others.
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UK Supreme Court Will Hear ‘ISIS Bride’ Case
The UK government on Friday won a bid for the Supreme Court to decide if a woman stripped of her citizenship after joining the Islamic State group in Syria can return to fight the decision.
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Man Charged With Smuggling Roman-Era Mosaic From War-Torn Syria
A Southern California man who falsely claimed he was importing vases and other works from Syria when in fact he was lugging an ancient mosaic depicting the Greek demigod Heracles was charged Friday by federal prosecutors with illegally transporting the artwork.
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Syria Pistachio Farmers Return to Orchards After Years of War
Pruning scissors in hand, Syrian pistachio farmer Fadi al-Mahmoud inspected his orchard, hoping for his first harvest after years of war, as nearby army de-miners swept the ground for buried explosives.
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US Ramps Up Pressure on Syria With New Sanctions
President Donald Trump’s administration announced new sanctions Wednesday against members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in an effort to “stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people.”
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France Sentences Syrian Leader’s Uncle for Money Laundering
An uncle of Syrian President Bashar Assad was sentenced to four years in prison in France on Wednesday for illegally using Syrian state funds to build a French real estate empire.
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Syria’s Economic Meltdown Puts Pressure on Assad
In scenes not witnessed for years in government-controlled parts of Syria, dozens of men and women marched through the streets this week, protesting a sharp increase in prices and collapse of the currency, some even calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad and his ruling Baath party.
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Syrian Fighters Increase Attacks on Civilians
The United Nations on Friday accused the Islamic State and others in Syria of exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to step up attacks on civilians, describing the situation as a “ticking time-bomb.”
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Rights Court Turns Away Syrian Refugees Seeking Belgian Visas
In a closely watched case involving asylum seekers, the European Court of Human Rights found Tuesday that Belgium isn’t obligated to give humanitarian visas to Syrian refugees.
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Syrian State Torture Trial Opens in Germany
Two former Syrian intelligence officers went on trial in Germany on Thursday accused of crimes against humanity in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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Syrian Refugees to Face Their Accused Torturers in German Court
Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war.
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UN Paints Syria and Allies as Culprits in 5 Civilian Attacks
UNITED NATIONS (CN) — Eight months after convening a board to probe the attacks, a U.N. investigation found it “highly
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Syrians in Idlib See the End Coming
“There’s nothing now. Nothing at all,” said Yasser Aboud as he looked away from his family’s few remaining belongings, dumped on the floor of the bare single room that would now be their home in the northwest Syrian city of Idlib.
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