Deaths from three Russian air raids on home for displaced people include three children Volunteers from the White Helmets search through rubble after Russian strikes, on 11 November 2021 (MEE/Ali Haj Suleiman) By Harun al-Aswad Five civilians from the same family, including three children and one woman, were killed and six others wounded in air strikes … Continue reading SYRIA: FIVE MEMBERS OF SAME FAMILY KILLED IN IDLIB AIR STRIKES
'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
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
After days of speculation regarding their whereabouts, authorities confirm the arrests of six men last seen entering the Syrian embassy to pick up their passports A bus transporting Syrian refugees back from Lebanon is seen on the border between Syria and Lebanon on 13 August 2018 (AFP/File photo) By Kareem Chehayeb, Harun al-Aswad The Lebanese Army, following … Continue reading Lebanese army confirms arrests of Syrians visiting embassy in Beirut