Syria

फदी सकर (Fadi Saqr) पर दमिश्क के तदामोन (Tadamon) में नागरिकों की सामूहिक हत्याओं का आरोप है, जहाँ लोगों का कहना है कि उसे न्याय का सामना करना चाहिए। एक सीरियाई मानवाधिकार आयोग, असद शासन के भीतर एक मिलिशिया नेता फदी सकर (Fadi Saqr) पर मानवता के विरुद्ध अपराधों और युद्ध अपराधों में संलिप्तता का आरोप लगाते हुए एक मामला तैयार कर रहा है, एक वरिष्ठ सीरियाई अधिकारी ने द गार्जियन (Guardian) को यह जानकारी दी है। सकर (Saqr) नेशनल डिफेंस फोर्सेज (NDF) मिलिशिया का पूर्व कमांडर है और उस पर दमिश्क के तदामोन (Tadamon) इलाके के साथ-साथ सीरियाई राजधानी के अन्य हिस्सों में नागरिकों की सामूहिक हत्या और उन्हें जबरन गायब करने में शामिल होने का व्यापक रूप से आरोप है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

• यह मामला इस पर विचार करता है कि क्या Trump administration के पास लाखों प्रवासियों से TPS छीनने का अधिकार है • US supreme court बुधवार को इस बात पर मौखिक दलीलें सुनेगा कि क्या Trump administration लाखों Syrians और Haitians की temporary protected status (TPS) को छीन सकता है, उस कार्यक्रम के तहत जिसने उनके गृह देशों में सुरक्षा चिंताओं के कारण उन्हें deportation से बचाया है • TPS वाले लोगों को US में रहने और काम करने की अनुमति दी जाती है क्योंकि सरकार ने उनके गृह देशों को युद्ध, राजनीतिक अस्थिरता या प्राकृतिक आपदाओं के कारण असुरक्षित माना है

• 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...