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  1. War-torn Syria faces severe COVID-19 threat

    Middle East Chris Slee Rojava Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) War-torn Syria faces the danger of ... infection to Syria.聽 Turkey, which has invaded large parts of northern Syria, is also facing a serious ... almost certainly brought the disease into the parts of Syria they control. The Syrian medical system has ...

  2. Syria: Shaky ceasefire in Idlib

    a plan for a ceasefire in Syria鈥檚 Idlib province. Idlib had been the scene of heavy fighting since ... send troops into various parts of northern Syria to combat the Rojava Revolution 鈥 a movement fighting ... revolution began in July 2012 in three predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria, and has spread into ...

  3. Syria: Refugee crisis as Assad's forces advance

    captured more than聽a third of Idlib, a province in north-western Syria, which had been controlled by ... Many of them had previously been displaced from their homes in other parts of Syria. The Syrian and ... the Rojava Revolution 鈥 a democratic revolution which began in the Kurdish areas of northern Syria in ...

  4. Northern Syria's two wars

    northern Syria. First is the war in Idlib province between the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship and various ... been a centre of opposition to the regime since the upsurge of popular protest throughout Syria in ... and occupation of a large part of northern Syria. Turkey aims to crush the democratic revolution, ...

  5. Syria: People of Idlib resist Assad, Islamists

    ISIL) A popular uprising has broken out in Idlib, a province in the north of Syria, against the ... groups that were religiously sectarian and/or racist towards Syria's Kurdish minority. In 2014, ... Syria. There had been a series of deals between Russia, which has consistently backed the Assad regime, ...

  6. Syria: Assad fails to recapture Idlib

    Syria. Rebels continue to control most of Idlib and parts of adjacent provinces. The Assad regime with ... repressive regime. Charles Lister, a conservative but well-informed commentator on Syria, said: "For ... are the defence force of the democratic movement in northern and eastern Syria. This movement ...

  7. Turkey threatens northeast Syria

    president Donald Trump announced by tweet on December 19 his intention to withdraw US troops from聽Syria ... stated his intention to invade north-eastern聽Syria.聽 Trump鈥檚 announcement was widely seen as giving ... when, the withdrawal will occur. US troops were sent to聽Syria聽to help the聽Syrian聽Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

  8. Turkey launches new aggression against Iraq and Syria

    Middle East National liberation Chris Slee Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ... by the Turkish army against the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). The DFNS is ... Turkish army occupies large areas in Syria and Iraq, and has established many bases in both countries. ...

  9. Syria: Will the Russia/Turkey deal on Idlib hold?

    Idlib Rojava Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) Afrin Russian president Vladimir ... on the future of Idlib, a province in northern Syria. Idlib has been a rebel stronghold since the ... forced to withdraw from other parts of Syria. The rebels control most of Idlib and parts of adjacent ...

  10. In Syria, Idlib defies Assad

    September 14 in response to the threat by the Assad regime to invade the province in Syria鈥檚 north-west. ... carried the Syrian independence flag that was adopted when Syria became independent of France in 1946. It ... democracy in Syria. Rebel groups backed by Turkey are generally reactionary and oppressive. Turkey has used ...

  11. Syria: Assad threatens Idlib while Afrin resists Turkish occupation

    their forces around the rebel-held Idlib province, in Syria鈥檚 north-west, in preparation for a major ... army and its militia allies in the Afrin canton, a predominantly Kurdish area聽of northern Syria. The ... SDF is the military alliance of forces that supports a secular, democratic and federal Syria, based on ...

  12. Black Wave tracks conflicts across the Islamic world

    Pakistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and elsewhere. According to Ghattas, 1979 was a turning point. This ... terrorist attacks on Sunnis. The result was sectarian war. Syria In 2011, there was an uprising against the ... dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. But within a few years Syria "found itself caught between the spiritual ...

  13. Solidarity needed amid ongoing Turkish war on the Kurds

    of Syria and Iraq inhabited by Kurds. Syria In 2011, protests broke out across Syria against the ... became proxies for Turkey's anti-Kurdish and anti-democratic policy in Syria. In July 2012, ... a democratic revolution began in three predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria, known collectively as ...

  14. Escalating war in Idlib creates new refugee crisis

    Middle East Refugees & migrants Chris Slee Northern Syria A February 27 Russian and Syrian ... 鈥 highlights Turkey's growing military presence in northern Syria.聽 According to the Syrian Observatory ... Syria's Idlib and Aleppo provinces between February 2 and 24. Turkish military drones flying over Idlib ...

  15. Gulf regimes鈥 sectarian push unpacked

    Syria.鈥 Qatar and Syria However, there were rivalries among the Gulf states, 鈥淨atar saw the Arab Spring as ... uprising in Syria. Given positive coverage in the Gulf media, the Syrian rebellion attracted support from ... Sunnis throughout the Gulf. Matthiesen says: 鈥淚ndeed, Syria became the mirror image of the Bahrain ...

  16. Turkey steps up military intervention in Iraq

    military bases in Iraq. No doubt this number will rise. Turkey has been intervening militarily in Syria for ... several years. Turkish troops moved into northern Syria around the towns of Jarablus, Azaz and al-Bab in ... liberated a large part of northern Syria from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Turkish troops began ...

  17. Turkey: Opposition wins Istanbul election

    parts of northern Syria and northern Iraq. The HDP did not run its own candidate in the Istanbul ...

  18. Turkey: Leyla G眉ven ends hunger strike

    criticising the Turkish invasion of Afrin, a predominantly Kurdish area of northern Syria. G眉ven's hunger ...

  19. Sri Lanka: bombings a pretext for intensified repression

    extremist Islamic group, is believed to be linked to the Islamic State, based in Iraq and Syria. Sri Lankan ...

  20. Bahrain ex-MP speaks about repression

    Gulf States wars in Yemen and Syria Naarm/Melbourne A former member of Bahrain's parliament, ... in Yemen and Syria. As a result, there have been cuts to government subsidies for meat, fuel and ...

  21. Sri Lanka: Behind the Easter Sunday bombings

    University academic Greg Barton, at least 40 Sri Lankans travelled to Syria to fight with IS. But the history ...

  22. Iran: 'If people unite, the regime will fall'

    rights campaigners Narges Mohammadi and Neda Mostaghimi. Commenting on Iran鈥檚 role in Syria and Iraq, ... said Iran has sent soldiers to Iraq, Syria and Yemen, diverting resources away from the Iranian people, ... intervening in Syria. On Iran's history, Bahman said the left played a big role in the 1979 revolution ...

  23. 200 attend Melbourne Islamophobia meeting

    of these policies is to suppress dissent about Australia's role in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria ...

  24. Sri Lanka: Tamils demand genocide investigation

    Imperialism & war Democracy National liberation Chris Slee Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on March 14, Ananthi Sasitharan said: 鈥淲e request this assembly calls for an international investigation on genocide, and a ...