BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of asylum seekers in Europe reached a seven-year high last year, with more than 1.1 million people applying for international protection in 2023, most of them Syrian nationals, the European Union said Wednesday. The increase in asylum seekers and other migrants...
Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in northeastern Syria, officials say
BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Wednesday killed at least three members of a local Christian force and wounded others, including civilians, a Kurdish official and a Syrian opposition war monitor said. Also on Wednesday, reported Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus,...
A Syrian human rights organization has warned the families of detainees and disappeared people against fraud attempts carried out by some "death brokers" who claim that they can release their relatives from the notorious Saydnaya military prison north of Damascus. The Nophotozone...
The UN relief chief stressed Tuesday that nearly 17 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance. "A staggering 16.7 million people now require humanitarian assistance – nearly three-quarters of the population and the highest number of people in need since the start of the crisis,"...