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"I'd Rather Die": Syrians In Lebanon Fear Deportation
Samer and his family thought they had found safety in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's war nearly a decade ago, but amid growing anti-refugee sentiment, Beirut handed his brother to the Syrian army.
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Family Of 7 Survived Turkey Quake, Died In Fire At Home They Had Moved Into
Five Syrian children and their parents died today in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last week's earthquake, local media reported.
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"Is This A Dream?": Syrian Woman Rescues Children In "Miracle" Escape
When she felt the first tremors of the earthquake which hit Syria and Turkey last week, Um Kanan woke her three children and rushed them to a small closet in her bedroom for shelter, along with a collection of family photos and documents.
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Syrian Baby, Born On Day Of Earthquake, Brought Mother "Back To Life"
When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad's family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour - giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later.
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"Sister Was Sleeping Next To Me": Orphaned Syria Boy Saved After 42 Hours
Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.
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France Brings Back 15 Women, 32 Children From Syrian Detention Camps
Since the "caliphate" fell in 2019, the return of family members of fighters who were captured or killed has been a thorny issue for European countries.
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Social Worker Mary Roy Dies At 89
Educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said. She was 89. She died at her home due to age-related ailments, they said.
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad's Family Likely Worth $1-2 Billion, US Report Says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family is likely worth $1-2 billion, the US State Department said Thursday, despite US-led efforts to isolate him over the brutal war.
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ISIS Chief And Family Blended In Among Syrians Uprooted By War
In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.
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Christmas 2020: 3 Christmas Recipes From Tamil Nadu And Kerala
From Chennai's Anglo Indian community to the Syrian Christian community in Ernakulam and Kottayam, most families come together to create wonderful goodies for Christmas. And it's more than just plum cake.
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UK Teen Who Joined ISIS Moved From Refugee Camp After Threats: Report
Shamima Begum, a British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away in 2015 to become an ISIS bride, has been moved from a Syrian refugee camp she received threats, her family's lawyer has said.
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Family Of ISIS Teen To Fight UK Decision To Revoke Her Citizenship
The family of a London teenager who joined ISIS in Syria said Friday it would challenge the British government's decision to revoke her citizenship.
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Nerve Gas Used In Syria Attack, Leaving Victims "Foaming At The Mouth", Evidence Suggests
The day had begun much as any other over the past two months in the rebel-held town of Douma east of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Warplanes dropped bombs, families hid in basements, and ambulances raced through empty streets to rescue the injured.
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ISIS War On Families Never Ended
The displaced families from the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor who gathered for a town hall meeting at a shelter in rural Aleppo in October 2017 had escaped the territory controlled by the ISIS. However, they were still struggling to overcome the vestiges of its toxic rule: Particularly, parents were resentful of the growing divide between them and ...
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A Journey To The Capital Of ISIS' Imagined Caliphate
It took Ahmed Brazu and his family 20 terrifying hours to escape this ravaged city, the capital of the Islamic State's imagined caliphate that has become an increasingly perilous battlefield.
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"I'd Rather Die": Syrians In Lebanon Fear Deportation
Samer and his family thought they had found safety in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's war nearly a decade ago, but amid growing anti-refugee sentiment, Beirut handed his brother to the Syrian army.
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Family Of 7 Survived Turkey Quake, Died In Fire At Home They Had Moved Into
Five Syrian children and their parents died today in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last week's earthquake, local media reported.
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"Is This A Dream?": Syrian Woman Rescues Children In "Miracle" Escape
When she felt the first tremors of the earthquake which hit Syria and Turkey last week, Um Kanan woke her three children and rushed them to a small closet in her bedroom for shelter, along with a collection of family photos and documents.
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Syrian Baby, Born On Day Of Earthquake, Brought Mother "Back To Life"
When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad's family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour - giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later.
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"Sister Was Sleeping Next To Me": Orphaned Syria Boy Saved After 42 Hours
Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.
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France Brings Back 15 Women, 32 Children From Syrian Detention Camps
Since the "caliphate" fell in 2019, the return of family members of fighters who were captured or killed has been a thorny issue for European countries.
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Social Worker Mary Roy Dies At 89
Educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said. She was 89. She died at her home due to age-related ailments, they said.
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad's Family Likely Worth $1-2 Billion, US Report Says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family is likely worth $1-2 billion, the US State Department said Thursday, despite US-led efforts to isolate him over the brutal war.
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ISIS Chief And Family Blended In Among Syrians Uprooted By War
In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.
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Christmas 2020: 3 Christmas Recipes From Tamil Nadu And Kerala
From Chennai's Anglo Indian community to the Syrian Christian community in Ernakulam and Kottayam, most families come together to create wonderful goodies for Christmas. And it's more than just plum cake.
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UK Teen Who Joined ISIS Moved From Refugee Camp After Threats: Report
Shamima Begum, a British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away in 2015 to become an ISIS bride, has been moved from a Syrian refugee camp she received threats, her family's lawyer has said.
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Family Of ISIS Teen To Fight UK Decision To Revoke Her Citizenship
The family of a London teenager who joined ISIS in Syria said Friday it would challenge the British government's decision to revoke her citizenship.
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Nerve Gas Used In Syria Attack, Leaving Victims "Foaming At The Mouth", Evidence Suggests
The day had begun much as any other over the past two months in the rebel-held town of Douma east of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Warplanes dropped bombs, families hid in basements, and ambulances raced through empty streets to rescue the injured.
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ISIS War On Families Never Ended
The displaced families from the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor who gathered for a town hall meeting at a shelter in rural Aleppo in October 2017 had escaped the territory controlled by the ISIS. However, they were still struggling to overcome the vestiges of its toxic rule: Particularly, parents were resentful of the growing divide between them and ...
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A Journey To The Capital Of ISIS' Imagined Caliphate
It took Ahmed Brazu and his family 20 terrifying hours to escape this ravaged city, the capital of the Islamic State's imagined caliphate that has become an increasingly perilous battlefield.
