Dutch authorities have uncovered 173 forged documents submitted at the Ter Apel refugee reception center in 2020 by asylum seekers, the Royal Military Police said. The statistics showed that Syrians and Turks often bring up invalid documents in order to obtain the right to asylum in the...

Activists have called the Turkish government’s decision to deport Syrian refugee Munip Ali for comments made on Twitter “unlawful,” saying his tweets were in line with freedom of speech laws. Ali, who has been living in Turkey since 2013, was accused of “provoking the public to hatred...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After nearly three decades in London, Christophe Reech was fed up with the city's pandemic lockdowns. This spring, he sold his luxury townhouse and jetted off to the desert sheikhdom of Dubai to start a new life with his family. There was no turning...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least 155 million people faced acute hunger in 2020, including 133,000 who needed urgent food to prevent widespread death from starvation -- and the outlook for 2021 is equally grim or worse, a report by 16 organizations said Wednesday. The report, which focuses...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is signaling that Iran shouldn't expect major new concessions from the United States as a new round of indirect nuclear talks is set to resume. A senior administration official told reporters Thursday that the U.S. has laid out the concessions...

CAIRO (AP) — With no clear progress, Egyptian and Turkish officials concluded Thursday two days of talks in Cairo aimed at resetting ties between the two regional powers. In a joint statement, both sides vowed to evaluate the outcome of their first round of consultations before agreeing on the...

The UN on Thursday sent 67 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Syria's northwestern Idlib province. The trucks crossed into Idlib through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, according to the UN officials in the province. People in need residing in Idlib and its...

 Attacks on schools in North West Syria have been continuing despite a ceasefire that was agreed more than a year ago, Save the Children said today. Since the beginning of 2020, Save the Children and its partner Hurras Network have confirmed 37 attacks on educational facilities to...

At least four Liwa al-Quds militants were killed by Daesh militants in the Badia desert, in a new escalation against the Palestinian militia in central Homs province, sources said Wednesday.   The attack took place late on Tuesday in the al-Omour mountains near al-Sukhna town in the...

Syria's state news agency reported early on Thursday that an "Israeli aggression" was carried out with a helicopter over an area in Syria's Quneitra governate in the south, without resulting in any damage. The Israeli military declined to comment on the incident. Syrian air defences...

A fourth Emirati aid aircraft arrived in Damascus today loaded with significant quantities of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The aircraft was dispatched by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in coordination with the Syrian Red Crescent Association, to assist the Syrian health sector in...

 The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day that 18 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted ten years ago. According to the Britain-based monitoring group, five more journalists are still arrested...

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea will end a turbulent season by playing in the Champions League final after making the competition's most successful team look ordinary. Timo Werner and Mason Mount scored to secure a 2-0 victory over Real Madrid in the second of their semifinal on Wednesday to oust the...

The appeals process for the trial of Rifaat al-Assad goes ahead in Paris on Thursday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle was initially convicted of money laundering as part of an organised gang, embezzlement of public funds and aggravated tax evasion. FRANCE 24 looks back at the long...

The UN on Wednesday sent 79 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Syria's northwestern Idlib province. The trucks crossed into Idlib through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, according to the UN officials in the province. People in need in Idlib and its...

The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim organization that it accused of supporting "terrorism globally with its donations." Police raided buildings associated with Ansaar International in 10 German states, the German Interior Ministry said in a statement. The ministry alleged the...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s vaccine roll-out had been faltering for weeks. Apathy, fear and rumors kept many from getting vaccinated despite a serious surge in coronavirus infections and calls by the government for people to register for shots. It took a populist Shiite cleric’s public...

Israel fired missiles toward northwest Syria early on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding six, Syrian state media reported. It was the first Israeli attack on Syria since a missile fired by Damascus struck deep inside Israel two weeks ago. The missiles struck locations in...

A series of explosions were heard near the Syria coastal city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, state media said. It was not clear what was the source, state television said. Israel has in recent months stepped up its aerial strikes on targets across Syria where...

Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief has travelled to Damascus to meet his Syrian counterpart in the first known meeting of its kind since the outbreak of the Syrian war a decade ago. The meeting in the Syrian capital on Monday is being seen as a precursor to an imminent detente between...