Syrian Civil War
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France issues war crimes arrest warrants for Syria’s Bashar al-AssadMore than 1,000 people were killed with chemical weapons in two attacks in 2013. France issued war crime arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.CrimeNov 15, 2023
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Syrian refugees tortured, detained upon return to country, Amnesty reportsThe rights group documented what it said were violations committed by Syrian intelligence officers against 66 returnees, including 13 children between mid-2017 and spring 2021.WorldSep 6, 2021
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Syrian minister accuses Turkey of being one of region’s ‘main sponsors of terror’Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Moallem made the statement in a prerecorded speech to the first-ever high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly held virtually.WorldSep 26, 2020
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Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, Syrian troops clash near country’s last rebel strongholdThe fighting was among the worst since early March, when a agreement between Turkey and Russia halted the Syrian government's three-month air and ground campaign into rebel-held northwestern Idlib province.WorldMay 10, 2020
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Turkey-Syria conflict escalates as migrants, refugees arrive at Greece borderSANA says the jets were targeted over the Idlib region, and that the four pilots ejected with parachutes and landed safely.WorldMar 1, 2020
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Trudeau, King of Jordan to meet in OttawaThe Prime Minister's Office says the two will discuss the partnership between Canada and Jordan and efforts to promote diversity and counter violent extremism.CanadaNov 18, 2019
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‘Meant to be’: Syrian refugees reunited with help from Regina familyIn the middle of a cheering airport, Abdulnaser Alkhatib, 32, hugged his mother, Fatema Abosalooa, as they were reunited after four years.CanadaNov 14, 2019
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ISIS says U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed 40 in Syria, mostly women and childrenMilitants and some local residents said at least 40 people were killed in the latest wave of coalition airstrikes against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket near the Syria-Iraq border.WorldNov 17, 2018
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Syria’s Assad says White Helmets are terrorists, will be killed if they don’t surrenderHundreds of members of the White Helmets group were evacuated out of Syria by the Israeli military last week, with around 50 of them expected to be resettled in Canada.WorldJul 26, 2018
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Trudeau and Israel’s Netanyahu discussed evacuation of White HelmetsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed plans to evacuate the White Helmets from Syria prior to a rescue mission carried out overnight by the Israeli military.CanadaJul 22, 2018
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