Syria
After the racist attacks seen on the island recently, Iole Damaskinos speaks to one Syrian family who feel welcomed Life as a displaced person has...
Violence on refugees in Europe: a flaw in human nature
European leaders are torn between the human rights of refugees and the fear of local people of being swamped by refugees The racist attacks on...
US-led coalition urges calm in northeast Syria after clashes between Arab tribes, Kurdish-led force
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group called on Thursday for an end to clashes in northeast Syria, where the Kurdish-led force it backs...
Syria’s Aleppo airport to resume operations following air strike
Air traffic at Syria’s Aleppo airport will resume on Tuesday following an Israeli air strike. Operations will restart at the airport at midnight, Syria’s transport...
Islamic State claims responsibility for attacks on Shi’ite shrine near Damascus
Islamic State on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the Sayeda Zeinab shrine south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, that killed several people and...
Bomb blast kills several people at shrine near Syrian capital -state media
A bomb planted in a vehicle exploded outside the Sayeda Zeinab shrine city south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, killing several people and...
Turkey’s Erdogan says he is open to meeting with Syria’s Assad
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he was open to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but that setting the withdrawal...
Four more arrests for illegal migrant transport by sea
Four men were remanded for eight days on Monday for enabling illegal migrants, setting off from Syria, to enter the Republic. According to police, members...
UN wants 12 month extension of Syria aid deliveries from Turkey
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths pushed the Security Council on Thursday to extend for 12 months its approval of a long-running humanitarian aid operation that...
Russian jets said to step up strikes on Syrian rebel enclave
Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens in a major...