Syria

Les autorités syriennes affirment qu’un groupe d’Australiens « attend une solution » alors que le gouvernement Albanese refuse de les rapatrier. L'administration Trump déclare être en « communication active » avec les pays, les exhortant à rapatrier les citoyens bloqués en Syrie, tandis que le gouvernement australien maintient sa position de fermeté à l'égard des femmes et des enfants australiens détenus depuis la chute de l'État islamique. Un groupe de quatre femmes, leurs neuf enfants et petits-enfants ont quitté le camp d'al-Roj, dans le nord-est de la Syrie, vendredi dernier dans l'espoir de retourner en Australie ; des rapports publiés jeudi matin indiquent que le refus du gouvernement Albanese de les aider les a laissés bloqués à Damas. Lire la suite...

Fadi Saqr est accusé de massacres de civils à Tadamon, Damas, où la population affirme qu'il doit répondre de ses actes devant la justice. Une commission syrienne des droits de l'homme prépare un dossier accusant Fadi Saqr, un chef de milice au sein du régime d'Assad, d'implication dans des crimes contre l'humanité et des crimes de guerre, a déclaré un haut responsable syrien au Guardian. Saqr est un ancien commandant de la milice des National Defence Forces (NDF) et est largement accusé d'implication dans les massacres et les disparitions forcées de civils dans le quartier de Tadamon à Damas, ainsi que dans d'autres quartiers de la capitale syrienne. Continue reading...

L'affaire examine si l'administration Trump a le pouvoir de priver des centaines de milliers d'immigrants du TPS

• The UN Security Council failed to reach consensus on a resolution extending cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, with Russia vetoing the measure on Friday amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Western nations over the Syrian conflict's humanitarian toll. • Russia's veto marks the third such blocking in two years, preventing critical medical supplies and food assistance from reaching 5.5 million internally displaced Syrians, according to UN humanitarian coordinator statements. • Western diplomats warned the blockade could exacerbate an already severe humanitarian crisis, with aid agencies reporting shortages of vaccines, antibiotics, and nutrition programs across northern Syria.

Repatriation attempt comes after group was turned around when leaving camp in February. Albanese government says it’s not assisting cohortGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour Australian women and nine of their children and grandchildren have left al-Roj camp in north-east Syria, seeking to return to Australia.The group is reportedly travelling across Syria by road to the capital Damascus, under the control of the Syrian government. Continue reading...

Amjad Youssef one of most-wanted fugitives in relation to slaughter of almost 290 civilians under AssadA Syrian former regime official suspected of leading a notorious civilian massacre revealed by the Guardian – and who became one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives after the fall of Bashar al-Assad – has been arrested by security forces, Syria’s interior ministry announced.Amjad Youssef was captured in the countryside about 30 miles (50km) outside the city of Hama and had “been taken into custody following a carefully executed security operation”, the interior minister, Anas Khattab, said in a social media post on Friday. Continue reading...

• Turkey convened emergency peace negotiations in Istanbul on Thursday involving representatives from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and international mediators to address escalating refugee flows and cross-border military operations. • Syrian government forces launched new offensive operations against opposition-held territories, displacing an estimated 340,000 civilians and creating a humanitarian emergency affecting 8.7 million people across the region. • UN humanitarian coordinator warned of imminent famine conditions in northwest Syria unless fighting ceases and aid corridors reopen, with food insecurity affecting 70% of the population in conflict zones.

Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State A French court has fined the cement group Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to Islamic State and other terror groups to maintain its business in war-torn Syria from 2013 to 2014.The ruling follows a 2022 case in the United States in which the French firm pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to US-designated “terrorist” organisations and agreed to pay a $778m fine (£580m) – the first time a company had faced the charge. Continue reading...