Syrian

• ‘I am begging people to care’: Calgary Syrian refugee organizes aid for earthquake survivors

  A Calgary refugee from Syria is helping organize an event to help get aid to earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria where it's hard to deliver aid.

  Canada

  Feb 26
  
• Turkey sent at least 3,500 Syrian fighters to Libya this year: Pentagon

  The report comes as the conflict in oil-rich Libya has escalated into a regional proxy war fueled by foreign powers pouring weapons and mercenaries into the country.

  World

  Jul 17, 2020
  
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• Syrian immigrant hoping to give back to community with new restaurant in London

  Alaa Senjab is opening the doors Friday on a Burger Factory franchise at 580 Fanshawe Park Rd.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2020
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• U.S. VP Mike Pence makes surprise visit to Iraq, visits U.S. troops

  The visit is Pence’s first to Iraq and comes nearly one year since President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to the country.

  World

  Nov 23, 2019
• Syrian immigrant, refugees open new restaurant while pursuing new life in Canada

  Station 1 restaurant in Dartmouth has brought four friends with Syrian connections together to cook and build a new life here in Canada.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2019
• Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma

  Muslim community leaders say Ebraheim Barho has undergone multiple surgeries and remains in the intensive care unit of a Halifax hospital with his wife Kawthar at his side.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2019
• Syrian refugees in Peterborough raise money for victims of fatal Halifax fire

  Syrian refugees in the English language learning program at a Peterborough secondary school are making traditional bread as a fundraiser for the victims of a fatal Halifax fire.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2019
• #Bears4BarhoChildren: Halifax neighbourhood honouring 7 fire victims with teddy bear tribute

  A Halifax neighbourhood is organizing a tribute to the seven children killed in a house fire, and are inviting the rest of the country to take part by putting a teddy bear on their front porch.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2019
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• ‘The feeling is amazing’: Syrian women open new café in the Saint John YMCA

  The pair responded to a Request For Proposals from the YMCA looking for someone to take over the vacant spot.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2018
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• Calgary’s Syrian community donates blood amid unrest fears in Syria: ‘This is my homeland now’

  Syrians now living in Calgary helped organize a blood drive amid fears of continued unrest in their former country.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2018