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On my radar: Waad al-Kateab’s cultural highlights

The Syrian film-maker on the food that tastes of home, the author she longs to have met and the game she wins by cheating

The Guardian - UK

Further Israel-Hamas truce talks ‘reach dead end’ – as it happened

A team from Israel’s Mossad intelligence services has been ordered home after talks in Qatar about another pause in fighting in Gaza reach a ‘dead end’

The Guardian - AU

Members of global chemical weapons watchdog vote to keep Syria from getting poison gas materials

The annual meeting of members of the global chemical weapons watchdog has called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents

The Independent UK

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India votes in favour of UNGA resolution that expresses deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from Syrian Golan

India has voted in favour of a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that expressed deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from the Syrian Golan. The Syrian Golan is a region in southwest Syria that was occupied by Israeli forces on June 5, 1967.

The Hindu

Burning trash to stay warm, displaced Syrians struggle to survive winter

People displaced by Syria’s war struggle with poor wages, an economic crisis and falling aid as rain and cold set in.

Al Jazeera

Khaled Khalifa obituary

Syrian author of six novels about his war-riven country, including the award-winning No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

The Guardian - UK

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

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Influx of migrants from Russia to Finland: ‘This will put pressure on Europe’

Since the beginning of November, more than 400 asylum seekers have arrived at Finnish border crossings from Russia, compared to the usual ten or so a month. Helsinki accuses Moscow of orchestrating this influx of migrants and has closed almost all its border crossings. As a result, more and more…

France 24

Israel-Hamas deal: What makes a truce lead to lasting peace?

With Israel and Hamas agreeing to a four-day pause in fighting, here’s a look at how truces from other wars played out.

Al Jazeera

Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War

Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.

Foreign Policy

‘My soul and beating heart’: Orphaned Syrian children find new family

Syrian couples who can’t have children are fostering, jofully embracing life as parents.

Al Jazeera

The Good Samaritans Who Saved Syrian Refugees

When government relief efforts fail, individuals step up.

Reason

Assad arrest warrant: ‘Hope and pain’ for Syrian chemical attack survivors

Lawyers say French arrest warrant sets ‘historic precedent’ as survivors of chemical massacre long for justice in Syria.

Al Jazeera

Live updates | With communications down, UNRWA warns there will be no aid deliveries across Rafah

Despite the dire need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, there would be no deliveries across the Rafah border crossing from Egypt on Friday, according to the communications director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees

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The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture

The United Nations’ top court has ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Is Shifa Hospital really a Hamas ops hub?

Raiding Gaza’s largest hospital, another communications blackout, Israel’s goals in Gaza – the Middle East this week.

Zenger

US Military Bases Attacked In Iraq And Syria; Iraqi Militia Group – Shiite Claims Responsibility

The Attacks Come Barely Days After U.S. Secretary of State Blinken paid a short visit to Baghdad and held a meeting with PM.

Radio France Internationale

France issues arrest warrant for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks carried out in the summer of 2013.

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Al Jazeera

France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s al-Assad

The warrant charges Syria’s president with complicity in ‘crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes’.

The Independent UK

France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president, 3 generals alleging involvement in war crimes

French judicial authorities have issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two army generals alleging their involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including in chemical attacks in 2013 on rebel-held Damascus suburbs, lawyers for Syrian victims said

Al Jazeera

Russia, al-Assad step up Syria bombing amid world focus on Israel-Gaza war

Russian and Syrian regime attacks have killed 66 civilians since the start of October, and displaced 120,000 people.

Al Jazeera

US and Iran-backed groups trade fire in Syria. Will it get worse?

Dozens of strikes by Iran-backed groups have targeted US interests in the region as Washington keeps backing Israel.

France 24

North eastern Syria suffers from lack of water amid desertification

North eastern Syria is experiencing a drastic climate shift due to global warming. Last summer temperatures reached highs of nearly 50 degrees, 10 degrees higher than the previous seasons. As the region undergoes a process of desertification, the question of water supply remains an essential issue that must be resolved.…

Al Jazeera

UK sentences ISIL member to eight years in prison

Aine Davis, 39, sentenced to eight years for firearms possession and fundraising for ‘terrorism’.

Evening Standard

Suspected ‘Beatles’ death squad member jailed for terror offences

Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was deported from Turkey last August.

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