Cleveland refugee agencies face ‘seismic’ effect after Trump funding freeze
The effect on the three support agencies who help resettle federally approved refugees in Northeast Ohio has been “seismic,” ...
German election race heats up as leading parties push for stricter migration laws
German national elections approaching with migration at the forefront, leading parties CDU and AfD call for stricter ...
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‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Hello from Free Syria. I’m in Damascus right now. It’s a beautiful winter. Everything is better than before,” Ayoub ...
Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
The Senate voted Wednesday, to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. The vote ...
Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS ...
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Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...
They helped U.S. order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump’s moves have left those Afghans in limbo
Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to ...
Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
Back at the turn of the 21st century, Qatar was a country with few cultural attractions to keep visitors and residents ...
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Chemical weapons agency chief to meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, sources say
OPCW head expected to meet Syrian interim president Previous Assad government hindered chemical weapons inspections DAMASCUS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of ...
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of ...
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Farid al-Madhhan: Syrian whistleblower 'Caesar' reveals himself in TV interview
The Syrian whistleblower known as Caesar, who documented countless cases of human rights abuses during the time of the Bashar al-Assad government, revealed himself as First Lieutenant Farid al ...