Syria War
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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.CanadaOct 10, 2023
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Mother of British-born Canadian detained in Syria says son is ‘barely holding on’Jack Letts, a Canadian citizen, is among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps and jails run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from ISIL.CanadaAug 31, 2023
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Missing Canadian women and girls called family from Syrian camp: Edmonton lawyerThe two women and three teens who were to be repatriated from Syria said they're alive but have been mistreated, need medical attention and have lost all their possessions.CanadaApr 18, 2023
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UN seeks greater refugee support from Canada amid ‘enormous’ global needsThe United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises.CanadaMar 4, 2023
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Ottawa responds to UN pressure about well-being of Canadian detained in SyriaJack Letts is one of several Canadian citizens among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from ISIL.CanadaSep 14, 2022
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Syria denies holding missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice despite Biden ‘certainty’Joe Biden's comments last week came in a statement released by the White House to mark the 10th anniversary of Austin Tice's abduction while covering the Syrian Civil War.PoliticsAug 17, 2022
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Drone attack hits American base in Syria, no casualties reported: U.S. militaryThe military said there were no casualties or damage in the attack in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet.WorldAug 15, 2022
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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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Canadian aid to Syria stolen by Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, documents showSuspected Hayat Tahrir al-Sham gunmen walked off with thousands of dollars worth of Canadian-financed electronics devices, according to declassified documents.CanadaNov 7, 2019
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Trump suggests he abandoned Kurds because they ‘didn’t help us with Normandy’"With all of that being said, we like the Kurds," Trump said.WorldOct 10, 2019
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