Sweden, Yazidi and Syria
Sweden charges a woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women and children in Syria
Swedish authorities have charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria — in the first such case of a person to be tried in the Scandinavian country.
Sweden Charges Woman With Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity in Syria
Swedish prosecutors charged a woman on Thursday with crimes against humanity for acts in Syria against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority in 2014-2016, the first time the Nordic country has brought this charge.
Swedish Woman Accused of Treating Yazidi Women, Children 'as Slaves'
Authorities in Sweden announced charges against 52-year-old Lina Laina Ishaq, a Swedish citizen associated with the Islamic State.
Sweden Charges IS Woman For Keeping Yazidi Slaves In Syria
Swedish prosecutors said Thursday they have brought genocide charges against a woman in the country's first court case over crimes committed by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.
Swedish woman accused of war crimes in ISIS trial
The prosecution in Stockholm has charged a 52-year-old supporter of the Islamic State (IS) with crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria between 2014 and 2016.
Swedish woman charged over ISIS torture of Yazidi women and children in Syria
A 52-year-old woman in Sweden was on Thursday charged over her association with ISIS, genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria, in the first such trial in the Scandinavian country.
What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria
Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of millitant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices ...
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Amnesty International calls for global investigation after deadly explosions in Lebanon and Syria
Amnesty International on Friday called for an international investigation into simultaneous explosions across Lebanon and ...
Erdogan Wants To Meet With Syria's Assad Over Ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had asked to meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad on the sidelines of UN talks in New York next week to normalise ties.
Escalating Violence In Syria Raises Fear Of ‘Large-Scale War’
“The recent direct fighting in northeast Syria around Deir-ez-Zor between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the one hand and Arab tribes, Government forces and Iran-backed militia on ...
Al-Monitor1d
Commander in Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah killed in Israeli strike in Syria
The Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah said that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji was killed in a “Zionist assault” at dawn in Damascus.
What we know about the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria
Thousands of people were injured across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday by an Israeli covert operation that remotely detonated ...
The Daily Signal2d
Held Hostage in Syria, He Says ‘Everything’ Was Taken From Him, but His ‘Faith Was Absolute’
Hours after Sam Goodwin arrived in Syria, he was accused of espionage. He was arrested and spent 63 days in prison.
Al-Monitor1d
How ISIS brides held by Syria’s Kurds are smuggled to suitors in Europe
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It ...
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN1d
Ukraine evacuates 4 of its citizens from Syria – video
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have jointly evacuated four Ukrainian citizens – ...
A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria
The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet ...
Lebanon, Syria point blame at Israel after pager explosions injure thousands
Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded in Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, including ...
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Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns
The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on ...