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‘No rebuilding’ in Syria one year on after quake
Over the border in Syria, the earthquake killed some six thousand people and left many more homeless.
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US strikes on Iraq and Syria ‘principally focused on militant groups’ says US military expert
We spoke to General Joseph L. Votel, a retired US Army officer who was most recently Commander of US Central Command, and responsible for US and coalition military operations in the Middle East. We asked for his assessment of the scale and scope of the airstrikes.
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US strikes on 85 Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria kill 16 people, says Iraqi government
Iraq has warned of disastrous consequences for the region, after the US launched air strikes on 85 targets used by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria. It said 16 people were killed in Iraq, some of them civilians. The strikes were in retaliation for a drone attack which killed three US troops last Sunday. And…
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Israel-Gaza: Deadly Syria airstrike heightens Middle-East tensions while fighting continues in Gaza
Five senior members of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard have been killed in an airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus.
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Funerals held in Syria for 100 people killed in one of country’s deadliest attacks in years
Syria has begun three days of mourning as funerals are held for the 100 people killed in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in years.
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Activists concerned TikTok vloggers unwittingly boosting Syrian regime
Friendly people, amazing food, great weather – the ingredients of many a tourist hotspot.
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Syria: people struggling with trauma, father who lost son in earthquake says
We spoke to Fouad Sayed Issa. He’s a youth activist and founder of the Syrian refugee-led humanitarian group ‘Violet Organization.’
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Syrian refugees struggling six months on from earthquake
It’s been six months since two massive earthquakes tore through southeast Turkey and northern Syria, leaving fifty thousand people dead. Countless more were made homeless when entire towns and cities were turned to rubble.
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I came to the UK from Syria with £12 – Imad Al Arnab on fleeing the war and opening his own restaurant
Chef and former refugee Imad Al Arnab joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about fleeing Syria and his journey from losing everything in the war to rebuilding a life in the UK, in this week’s episode of Ways to Change the World.
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‘We keep talking about people as numbers,’ says Syrian chef and refugee
We spoke to Imad Alarnab, the chef and entrepreneur behind The Syrian Kitchen restaurant in London. Imad fled the war in Syria arriving in Britain in 2015 having made the risky journey across Europe as an asylum seeker.
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‘Normalising Syrian regime last thing we should be doing,’ says director of Middle East think tank
We were joined by Charles Lister, Syria programme director at the Middle East Institute think tank.
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Arab states ‘coming to terms’ with Syrian war, says former Middle East minister
We spoke to Alistair Burt, who was the UK’s Middle East minister for much of the time the Syrian Civil War was raging. We began by asking him whether Assad’s appearance will give reassurance to President Putin.
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‘They almost killed me’ – Syrian-American prisoner to sue Assad regime
This is the horrific ordeal of a young Syrian American man who was arrested at Damascus airport on his way home to continue his studies, and says he was held for three weeks before being released.
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Syria earthquake: The miraculous rescue of family buried alive (dubbed)
Tragedy piled upon tragedy for the people of northwest Syria – the earthquake on the 6 February shattered lives which were already in pieces.
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Turkey-Syria quake: Why is aid being blocked?
The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now passed 46,000, although – incredibly – people are still being pulled alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings twelve days on.
