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At least 203 arbitrary arrests documented in February: SNHR

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced in its latest report, released Wednesday, that it documented at least 203 cases of arbitrary arrests/detentions in February 2022, including 13 children and 11 women, noting that the Syrian regime admits to the killing of dozens of persons...

US pledges to crack down on Russian oligarchs

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department says it will crack down on Russian oligarchs and anyone else who violates the sweeping sanctions imposed by the Biden administration in response to the war against Ukraine. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday announced the creation of...

Live updates: U.N. says some 660,000 fled Ukraine so far

GENEVA -- The U.N. refugee agency says that about 660,000 people have fled Ukraine for neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began. The number, given on Tuesday, was up from a count of more than 500,000 a day earlier. Shabia Mantoo, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High...

Russia’s Syria intervention provided hints for Ukraine war

From a tent in the rebel-held pocket of Syria, Ahmad Rakan has closely followed news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More than two years ago, a Russian airstrike destroyed his house in a nearby village during a months-long Syrian government offensive backed by Moscow’s firepower that drove...