Syria’s Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
It was a mournful moment for Christians in Syria. A bell that once summoned residents to worship rang out, but the church was ...
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Syria’s next steps towards a new order
Last week his officials announced a seven-person “preparatory” committee, charged with planning a national conference where a ...
2 women an a child among 4 people killed in explosion at a house in northwestern Syria
Syrian first responders say some unexploded ordnance blew up inside a home in the country's northwest, killing four people, ...
New photos show damage to US aircraft carrier after collision
New photos show the damage a US Navy aircraft carrier sustained in a collision with a merchant ship last week.
CounterPunch7d
Atatürk’s Ankara
This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological ...
12,220 photos on 70 nights over four years. That's a combined exposure of 2.2 million seconds (plus 4,000 hours of post-processing)!
Samy Al Olabi's astrophotography portfolio earned him HIPA Photographer of the Year. And his 12,220-image deep-sky panorama ...
Connecticut Post8d
Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal
(THE CONVERSATION) Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria ... photos represented a systematic approach to torturing, killing and disappearing massive numbers of people by the Assad regime.
Stars and Stripes10d
The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions
For decades, Washington has sought to prop up the government in Mogadishu, but Somalia remains a fractured state. Political ...
AP PHOTOS: Syrians returning to the town of Tel Rifaat find homes in ruins and underground tunnels
TEL RIFAAT, Syria (AP) — The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since ...
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270,000 Syrian refugees return home: UNHCR
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) “estimates that some 270,000 Syrians have returned to Syria since 8 December 2024,” the agency said on Friday. A coalition of rebel groups led by ...
Associated Press14d
A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
Men lower the coffin of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter killed by a Turkish-backed militia in the northeastern village of Daoudiya, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue ...
AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic turning point for the country. For many, it was a ...