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Refugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey

 Fatima Alzahra Shon thinks neighbors attacked her and her son in their Istanbul apartment building because she is Syrian. The 32-year-old refugee from Aleppo was confronted on Sept. 1 by a Turkish woman who asked her what she was doing in “our” country. Shon replied, “Who are you...

Jailbreak shines light on mass incarceration of Palestinians

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The cinematic escape of six prisoners who tunneled out of an Israeli penitentiary earlier this month shone a light on Israel's mass incarceration of Palestinians, one of the many bitter fruits of the conflict. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have passed...

Assad army enters several villages around Daraa

Syrian regime forces entered several villages to the west of the southern city of Daraa on Thursday, bringing the country's southern region under government control. The latest move comes two weeks after the capture of the rebel-held part of Daraa marking another victory for Bashar Assad,...