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Men got haircuts and shaved their beards. Women lit up cigarettes and burned their niqabs. Residents of Manbij, Syria, who had lived under the Islamic State for nearly two years, came out onto the streets and celebrated, shedding tears of joy. “May God destroy them. They slaughtered us,” a young man shouted in a square…
20/7/2016: A previous version of this article estimated the age of the boy at about 10 years old. His actual age, according to the Jerusalem brigade, was 12, as reflected in the altered headline. A video circulating on social media appears to show Syrian rebels beheading a Palestinian boy who they accused of being a…
Photo The Sharaf family, refugees from Syria, shopping in November in Troy, Mich. The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has repeatedly called on world leaders to accept refugees, but his pleas have been met with reluctance. Credit Salwan Georges for The New York Times UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration’s effort to step up…
KILIS — You can’t say they didn’t try. “I had the idea to invite Angela Merkel,” says the woman from the city hall’s press office in Kilis, in southern Turkey. “I suggested that the mayor ask Mrs. Merkel to visit the job center for Syrian women. He thought it was a good idea and sent…
ROME The presidents of Europe’s three main institutions on Thursday presented a bleak picture of the European Union, saying the 28-nation bloc lacked leadership and was descending into petty, nationalistic politics. “We have a lot of salesmen in the European Council and only a few statesmen,” said Martin Schulz, the president of the European…
Syrian refugees resettling in Canada and a group of people dressed up as animals created a surreal and heartwarming scene of acceptance after they found themselves at the same hotel. The recent arrivals are being housed at the Executive Airport Plaza, the Vancouver-area hotel that also just hosted the annual gathering of British Columbia furries,…
Syrian refugees resettling in Canada and a group of people dressed up as animals created a surreal and heartwarming scene of acceptance after they found themselves at the same hotel. The recent arrivals are being housed at the Executive Airport Plaza, the Vancouver-area hotel that also just hosted the annual gathering of British Columbia furries,…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and aftermath of Ankara bombing (all times local): 3:10 p.m. A Turkish Foreign Ministry official say the ambassadors of the five permanent U.N. Security Council member states have been invited to the ministry separately and are being briefed on the…
Download the report: English, Français, Русский, العربية, Türkçe As the conflict in Syria approaches its 6th year, the humanitarian and medical toll of the violence remains appalling. Millions of people have been internally displaced, or have sought refuge abroad. Millions more are trapped in communities that are under siege or hemmed in by the closed…
He claimed the UN has spent less than half a billion dollars in the crisis and said member nations could instead be told to take in more migrants. “Shame on you! Shame on you!” said Mr Erdogan. In recent days, the UN, EU and other organisations have called on Turkey to take in Syrian refugees…