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At least 77 people died when a boat carrying migrants sank off Syria, an official says

3:06pm September 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better future in Europe.

A destroyed building next to flowers on Thursday in Borodianka, Ukraine. The region around Ukraine's capital continues to recover from Russia's aborted assault on Kyiv, which turned many communities into battlefields.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 30)

5:01pm June 30, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A U.S.-led military raid in Syria captures a senior IS leader

5:39am June 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The coalition did not name the person but identified him as one of the top leaders of the extremist group's Syria branch.

Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9. Vishegirskaya later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol.

Health & Safety

Russia's strike on Ukraine maternity hospital is part of a terrible wartime tradition

6:00pm March 16, 2022

by Diane Cole

The attack on the facility in Mariupol reflects an unfortunate trend in wars in Syria, Ethiopia and other countries. The impact on health care in the short-term and the long run is beyond devastating.

Refugees fleeing the military operation zone from the Mariupol area of Ukraine sit in a bus as they arrive at the border crossing in Veselo-Voznesenka, Russia, on Monday.

What the war in Syria tells us about Russia's use of humanitarian corridors

10:11am March 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Observers say Russia's use of such corridors were effective in attaining the goals of regaining control of opposition areas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) hosts Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 13, 2021. The U.S. says Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters to help with its war effort in Ukraine.

Russia is trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine, U.S. says

5:01pm March 07, 2022

by Greg Myre

The reported Russian effort to find Syrians with urban combat experience is the latest indication that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned.

As Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine last week, artists in the Syrian city of Binnish painted a mural to show solidarity with Ukraine. It was painted on what's left of a home destroyed by Russian aircraft during Syria's civil war.

World News

Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine

6:50pm March 01, 2022

by Jason Breslow

The lessons of Moscow's involvement in Syria's civil war stand as a specter of the heavy-handed playbook experts fear could be used on an even larger and more deadly scale in Ukraine.

In this image provided by the White House, President Biden and Vice President Harris and members of the president's national security team observe from the White House Situation Room on Wednesday the counterterrorism operation responsible for removing fro

Biden says ISIS leader is dead after U.S. operation

5:14pm February 03, 2022

by Peter Granitz

A senior administration official said that during the raid, Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi "detonated a blast ... killing himself and several others, including his wife and children."

Defendant Anwar Raslan (right) and others involved in his trial stand in the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, at the start of a trial session last month. Raslan was put on trial in April 2020 in a landmark case in Germany.

World News

In a landmark case, a German court convicts an ex-Syrian officer of torture

10:19am January 13, 2022

by Deborah Amos

The world's first criminal trial on torture in Syria's prisons ended Thursday in Koblenz, Germany — the first time a high-ranking ex-Syrian official faced Syrians in open court in a war crimes case.

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In his 20s, with the hopes of becoming a foreign correspondent, Kevin Dawes - now 39, at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Calif. - traveled to Libya and then Syria where he was arrested, imprisoned and tortured.

An American was locked up in Syria. A pact with a British inmate may have saved him

4:09pm December 29, 2021

by Deborah Amos

Kevin Dawes describes how a fellow prisoner in Syria kept a promise that called attention to Dawes' detention. Now, five years after his release, Dawes is suing the Syrian regime.

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