Syria
Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp
Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese
Ben Doherty
31, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Millions of Syrian refugees face fight to reclaim homes, says human rights group
Report by Syrian Network for Human Rights details laws giving Assad’s government powers to seize land
Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor
25, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011
Exclusive: Extensive deployments ‘raise serious concerns about transparency’, says research group Action on Armed Violence
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
23, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
The uncounted: millions died unseen in post-9/11 wars | Simon Tisdall
A new report puts the loss of life from Afghanistan to Yemen at 4.5 million – the bulk of them poor women and children who are victims of economic collapse and continuing trauma
Simon Tisdall
21, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Bashar al-Assad tells Arab League he hopes his return marks new era of peace
Assad is attending summit in Saudi Arabia after 12 years outside bloc over Syrian civil war
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
19, May, 2023 @3:37 PM
Syria’s Assad to attend Arab League summit as west opposes rehabilitation
Western leaders and Gulf states clash over return of Syrian president after years of war against his own people
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
18, May, 2023 @11:46 AM
Putin was indicted by the ICC … so why not the butcher of Damascus? | Simon Tisdall
The return to the Arab fold of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is deeply shameful, and that shame should be shared by the US and its allies
Simon Tisdall
14, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Syrians in Turkey facing uncertain future whether Erdoğan stays or goes
Deportation fears as rival sides compete to see who can pledge to crack down harder on immigration
Ruth Michaelson and Husam Hezaber
12, May, 2023 @4:00 AM
Saudi-Iranian detente is fragile but potential for the Middle East is huge
Should rapprochement solidify it could augur well for Yemen, Lebanon and Syria – and spell disaster for Israel
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
08, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Australian boy, 11, held in Syrian camp begs for flight home: ‘I want to feel safe’
Child – one of about 30 Australian minors awaiting repatriation – faces being taken from his family to an adult jail
Ben Doherty
07, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Raisi flies to Syria for first Iranian presidential visit since start of civil war
Tehran seeks to bolster influence over Damascus as Gulf states move to normalise relations with Assad
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
03, May, 2023 @1:36 PM
‘Indefinite torture’: the desperate wait for Australian mothers in Syria to get their children out
Families in trapped in the Roj camp say the environment is ‘toxic’ for their children’s mental and physical wellbeing
Ben Doherty
29, Apr, 2023 @8:00 PM
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