In order to leave, the women must agree to marriages vetted by the militant group or risk being smuggled to Turkey, sources say Sources told MEE that the houses at Camp al-Jumailya were similar in style but in better condition than those at this camp for displaced widows and orphans in Turmanin, Idlib (AFP) By Simon Hooper, Harun … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Women smuggled out of al-Hol held by HTS in Idlib camp
'No country should be forcing refugees to return to Syria,' Human Rights Watch cautions after UN senior official meets Assad's ministers Syrian refugees living in a building under construction in the city of Saida, southern Lebanon, on 17 March 2020 (AFP) By Harun al-Aswad Refugees returning to Syria face serious risks including torture, extrajudicial killings and kidnapping at … Continue reading Syria war: Refugees returning home risk persecution, torture and death, report warns
Syrian Civil Defence says a medical centre in rebel-held Idlib province was targeted by government shelling. The home Nour el-Din Afair was destroyed during the bombardment [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera] By Harun al-Aswad Several civilians have been killed in a series attacks conducted by the government and its allies in rebel-held northwestern Syria, the Syrian Civil … Continue reading Several civilians killed in Syrian government attacks in Idlib
Six Syrians face imminent deportation to their home country where they risk arrest and torture, according to rights groups Syrians walk along the narrow streets of the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, Beirut (AFP) By Kareem Chehayeb, Harun al-Aswad A group of Syrians detained in Lebanon face deportation to their homeland … Continue reading Lebanon: ‘Urgent’ action needed for Syrians facing deportation
The Delta variant is spreading in the rebel-held province, with hospitals forced to turn away patients A child lies in the Covid-19 ward at Salqin hospital in northwestern Syria on 15 August 2021 (MEE/Ali Haj Suleiman) By Harun al-Aswad Published date: 4 September 2021 15:46 UTC Cases of Covid-19 have spiked in rebel-held northwestern Syria over the past month, as health … Continue reading Covid-19: Hospitals overwhelmed as cases surge in Syria’s Idlib