Canada Syria

• Supreme Court says it won’t hear case of Canadian men detained in Syria

  The country's top court is slated to decide Thursday whether it will hear the case of four Canadian men held in Syria who argue Ottawa has a legal duty to help them return home.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
  
• Canada, Netherlands take Syria to UN’s top court, call to halt ‘torture’

  The hearing was focused on a preliminary Dutch and Canadian request for the court to impose orders on Syria to halt torture immediately to protect potential victims.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Ottawa urged to take action on Syria ISIS camps’ ‘echoes’ of Guantanamo Bay

  A delegation presented a report in Ottawa on Thursday after visiting the region, which is home to camps filled with family members of Islamic State group militants.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2023
• Advertisement
• Edmonton family returning to Canada from ISIS camp in Syria

  Nine women from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and B.C. have now been released from the crowded prison camps for ISIS suspects in Syria.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
• Women brought back to Canada from ISIS camps released on bail

  With their release, all four women the federal government brought back to Canada from Syria less than a week ago will be out of custody.

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2023
• RCMP arrests 3 women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria

  Two Edmonton women who were supposed to return to Canada have gone missing.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023
• Ottawa repatriating 6 Canadian children from Syria without mother: advocates 

  The federal government gave the Quebec woman until today to decide whether her children would join other Canadians on the repatriation flight, expected to depart any day now.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2023
• Court misconstrued Charter when directing feds to bring men in Syria home, Canada argues

  Government lawyers are set to stress that point in the Federal Court of Appeal Monday as they seek to overturn a January ruling by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2023
• Advertisement
• Ottawa appealing ruling that officials must help repatriate 4 men in Syrian camps

  In his ruling, Justice Henry Brown directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2023
• Advertisement
• Fate of Canadians detained in Syrian camps still unclear despite court ruling

  The government reached an agreement with one of the lawyers behind the case, to begin the process of repatriating six Canadian women and 13 children from northeastern Syria.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2023