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Syria holds first elections since fall of Bashar al-Assad

After more than a decade of civil war, committee members will choose transitional parliament

The Guardian - UK

Syria Selects Members Of First Post-Assad Parliament In Contested Process

Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

International Business Times

UK Synagogue Attacker: Briton Of Syrian Descent

The attacker who targeted a British synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian descent who was on police bail for a rape charge, police said on Friday.

International Business Times

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Manchester synagogue attack: why so many people in Britain’s Jewish community felt a sense of inevitability that this day would come

A man believed to be Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen born in Syria, has been shot dead by police after launching an attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 55, died in the attack…

The Conversation

Two Australian women and four children escape Syrian detention camp and flee to Victoria

The six Australians received no government assistance in their 500km journey from the violent Al-Hawl detention camp to Lebanon

The Guardian - AU

Who is the Manchester synagogue terrorist? Everything we know about Jihad Al-Shamie

Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was not on the radar of police or security services

Evening Standard

A decade after the refugee crisis that shook Europe, a Syrian family becomes German

A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country has changed

The Independent UK

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Bashar al-Assad 'Poisoned in Moscow': Inside the Ex-Syrian President's Brutal Regime and Family's Fortune

Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian president living in exile in Moscow, has reportedly survived a suspected poisoning attack amid claims it was an attempt to embarrass the Russian government.

International Business Times UK

The families of Syria’s disappeared are asking for the truth. Our country cannot rebuild until we have it

Over 160,000 people, including my father, were abducted by the Assad regime. The country’s new commission for the missing must be inclusive and independent to restore our trust

The Guardian - UK

Druze seek Sweida autonomy and turn toward Israel, adding new twist to Syria's tensions

When Syrian government forces entered the minority Druze enclave of Sweida this summer, it backfired

The Independent UK

Migrant jailed for 16 weeks for assaults inside asylum hotel

Mohammed Sharwarq, 32, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of common assault and four of assault by beating.

Evening Standard

Asylum hotel attacker wants to return to Syria after Epping assaults

Mohammed Sharwarq, who fled civil war in 2011, is jailed for 16 weeks

The Independent UK

Migrant who assaulted four people at asylum hotel ‘wants to return to Syria’

Mohammed Sharwarq was a resident at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, at the time of the offences in July and August of this year.

Evening Standard

'Crazy': Home Office leaves Syrian family 'in the dark' on asylum claim for two years

A SYRIAN family was left for nearly two years without any update from the Home Office on their asylum claims, The Sunday National has been told ...

The National (Scotland)

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Radio France Internationale

Erdogan’s Washington visit exposes limits of his rapport with Trump

Turkey has hailed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first White House visit in six years as a diplomatic win, though tensions over Donald Trump’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza still cast a shadow.

Euronews

Trump signals to Erdoğan that US could lift ban on F-35 sales to NATO ally Turkey

The US removed Turkey from its flagship F-35 fighter jet programme after Turkey purchased the S-400 air defence system from Russia.

Radio France Internationale

Russia performs a balancing act with Israel and Palestine

Since the war in Gaza erupted in 2023, governments around the world have been making their voices heard, whether they are staunch supporters of Israel or pleading the Palestinian cause. But Russia's position, which has received little media coverage, is harder to define.

Evening Standard

ISIS bride Shamima Begum 'living on £100-a-week donations from London relatives' while stuck in Syrian camp

The former Bethnal Green schoolgirl, who joined Islamic State as a teenager a decade ago, is fighting to restore her British citizenship from ‘volatile’ camp

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The Guardian - US

From al-Qaida to the Upper East Side: Syria’s new leader makes his debut on the world stage

Ahmed al-Sharaa faces a tough task in reassuring the UN of his statesmanship while maintaining authority at home

International Business Times

In UN Debut, New Syria Leader Warns On Israel But Backs Dialogue

Syria's new leader warned Wednesday that Israel's persistent attacks put the region at risk, but he backed diplomacy as he won support on his UN debut.

Al Jazeera

Syrian President al-Sharaa sits down with US general who arrested him

David Petraeus led US forces during the invasion of Iraq and later became the director of the CIA.

International Business Times

Israeli Army Operations Stir Fears In Syria's Quneitra

Rubble and Hebrew graffiti mark Israel's presence in Syria's Quneitra province, where people accuse the southern neighbour's troops of demolitions, detentions and forced displacement -- defying ongoing security talks between the two sides.

The Guardian - UK

With or without a ceasefire, humanitarian aid must enter Gaza. We managed it in previous wars

Global powers ensured aid during civil wars in Syria and Sudan. We need a ‘Lifeline Rafah’ or more people will starve, says Moazzam Malik, CEO of Save the Children

Al Jazeera

Syria sets October date for first election since al-Assad’s fall

A third of the People’s Assembly of Syria seats will be appointed directly by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Al Jazeera

Is Turkiye Israel’s next target in the Middle East?

Following Israel’s Doha strikes, Ankara is increasingly on high alert over Israel’s regional ambitions.

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