What Happened Over the Weekend
Continued attacks in Idleb, anger over international inaction, Turkish and Russian talks and refugees returning from Lebanon. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Continued attacks in Idleb, anger over international inaction, Turkish and Russian talks and refugees returning from Lebanon. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
A survey conducted by the Sada Institute has examined how Syrian youth, both inside and outside the country, consume and view news about Syria.
Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar is protesting the handle of his and his daughter’s immigration application by the Canadian authorities reports Anadolu News Agency.
Despite the protest being officially licensed, Turkish security forces have moved the protesting Syrians to an area far from the Russian consulate reports Hurriya Press.
A survey conducted in Syria and Turkey has shown how the ongoing conflict is spreading social division and pushing families and friends apart reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
In protest of Canada’s actions regarding his desire to settle, Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar has gone on hunger strike in front of the Canadian consulate in Istanbul reports Zaman Al Wasl.
The refugees, who had previously been in Cyprus and Istanbul, had entry bans placed on their passports and were reportedly forced to sign deportation papers reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Despite being accepted on to a resettlement scheme by the British Home Office, 15 LGBT Syrian refugees are still waiting for permission to travel to the UK writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The war in Syria has displaced 13 million people, but the situation and realities on the ground are not helping to facilitate their return writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party lost control of both Istanbul and the capital Ankara in recent local elections, stoking fears in Idleb writes Al-Watan.
Spousal homicide in Qamishli, Erdogan vows to solve Syria after elections, residents of the Golan decry Trump and the missing in Raqqa. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Tens of thousands of children in Syria have lost their limbs in attacks, which has been blamed on the indiscriminate bombing by the regime writes Alsouria Net.
The agreement signed in September between Russia and Turkey was supposed to limit the violence in northern Syria, but there has been little respite.
Suhail al-Hassan, who is known as ‘The Tiger’, has proven himself to be an effective leader and well respected among the men who serve him reports Alsouria Net.
The suspected Islamic State members were arrested following dawn raids in northwestern Bursa province reports Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian Authority for Internal Security Forces will maintain security and hopes to be included in discussions on the law and political negotiations writes Anadolu Agency.
Turkey has announced that the constitutional committee will feature players from the regime, the opposition and civil society and will bring together the Geneva, Astana and Sochi processes reports Horriya Press.
President Erdogan has said that the proposed safe zone is for the benefit of the refugees living in Turkey reports Sada al-Sham.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry is trying to pressure to foreign governments in to reopening their embassies in the capital Damascus reports Asharq al-Awsat.
Conflicting reports, claims and counter claims have created a state of uncertainty in Manbij, as the fate of the city hangs in the balance.
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