Syria

Fadi Saqr é acusado de assassinatos em massa de civis em Tadamon, Damascus, onde as pessoas dizem que ele deve enfrentar a justiça. Uma comissão de direitos síria está preparando um processo acusando Fadi Saqr, um líder de milícia dentro do regime de Assad, de envolvimento em crimes contra a humanidade e crimes de guerra, disse uma alta autoridade síria ao Guardian. Saqr é ex-comandante da milícia National Defence Forces (NDF) e é amplamente acusado de envolvimento no assassinato em massa e desaparecimento forçado de civis no bairro de Tadamon em Damascus, bem como em outras partes da capital síria. Continue lendo...

O caso examina se o governo Trump tem autoridade para retirar o TPS de centenas de milhares de imigrantes A Suprema Corte ouvirá argumentos orais na quarta-feira sobre se o governo Trump pode retirar o status de proteção temporária (TPS) de centenas de milhares de sírios e haitianos, sob um programa que os protegeu da deportação devido a preocupações de segurança em seus países de origem. Pessoas com TPS recebem permissão para viver e trabalhar nos EUA porque o governo considerou que seus países de origem são inseguros devido a guerras, instabilidade política ou desastres naturais. No último ano, o governo Trump tentou cortar o programa para diversos países, abrindo caminho para a remoção de centenas de milhares de imigrantes protegidos nos EUA. Continue lendo...

• 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...