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World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria

Al Jazeera 07 Dec 2023
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it will stop its general food assistance programme across Syria at the start of 2024 due to funding shortages ... The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that northwest Syria is home to 4.5 million people, with 1.9 million living in camps for displaced people.
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Lombard man pleads guilty to trafficking fentanyl and providing support to ISIS

Chicago Sun-Times 07 Dec 2023
attorney’s office said. In a plea agreement , Brown, of west suburban Lombard, admitted that in three separate occasions he provided $500 in cash to an individual with the understanding that the money would be wired to an ISIS soldier engaged in terrorist activity in Syria, officials said.
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Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil

WhoWhatWhy 07 Dec 2023
This was remedied in 1949, when the CIA removed Syria’s democratically elected president, Shukri al-Quwatli, and replaced him with a Lebanese army officer who gave the green light to the pipeline crossing over Syria’s Golan Heights and terminating near the southern Lebanese port of Sidon.
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The Origins of Hamas. 7. The Second Intifada

Bitter Winter English 07 Dec 2023
Article 7 of 8 ... ... The presence in Gaza of Yassin who, despite his wheelchair, made triumphant trips to the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Syria, and Sudan, while also raising substantial funds for Hamas, posed a problem for Israel ... ... Hamas offices in Jordan were closed and key leaders arrested and expelled. Abu Marzuq moved to Syria, Khalid Mashaal to Qatar ... .
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UNICEF country rep presents credentials to Tangara

The Point 06 Dec 2023
Prior to joining UNICEF The Gambia Country Office on December 01 2023, Ms ... Before that, she had also served as UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Homs and Hama, Syria from 2016-2018 and UNICEF Deputy Representative in Sudan (2018-2020) and Azerbaijan (2014-2016).
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REVEALED: Children of British ISIS brides are being returned to UK in secret and put ...

The Daily Mail 04 Dec 2023
At least ten children are said to have been repatriated from detention camps in Syria ... Among them were two siblings whose British mother is believed to have been killed in northeastern Syria in 2019 ... It is estimated that at least 38 children with ties to the UK remain in camps in Syria, along with 21 women ... A Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
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Turkish intelligence 'neutralizes' PKK/YPG drone mastermind in Syria operation

Anadolu Agency 04 Dec 2023
The Turkish national intelligence agency (MIT) on Monday "neutralized" PKK/YPG terrorist Bager Ondes responsible for drone operations in Syria, according to security sources. The intelligence conducted an operation in Syria to ...
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Paris knife attacker ‘swore allegiance to Islamic State’

Manila Standard 04 Dec 2023
He had plans to join the Islamic State group in Iraq or Syria in 2016 and was friends on Facebook with a man who went on to kill two police officers in their home in Magnanville, outside Paris — although the two did not exchange messages.
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Paris knife attacker 'swore allegiance to Islamic State'

Eye Witness News 04 Dec 2023
He was finally stopped with two shots from a taser and taken into custody ... in Africa, Iraq, Syria, the Sinai... He had plans to join the Islamic State group in Iraq or Syria in 2016 and was friends on Facebook with a man who went on to kill two police officers in their home in Magnanville, outside Paris - although the two did not exchange messages ... .
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Two Revolutionary Guards members killed by Israeli strike in Syria, says Iran

The Observer 03 Dec 2023
Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards members serving as military advisers in Syria have been killed in an Israeli attack, Iranian state media has said ... “The two IRGC officers were the target of the Israelis ... The two officers died from their injuries, he said, adding that five other fighters were wounded.
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Air strikes kill two ‘Iranians’, two Hezb fighters in Syria

Dawn 03 Dec 2023
Israeli air strikes killed two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers and two pro-Hezbollah fighters when they hit sites belonging to the Lebanese group near Damascus on Saturday, a war monitor said ... “The two IRGC officers were the target of the Israelis.
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‘We and the Ukrainians Have the Same Enemy’: A Visit to the Border of Russia's ...

Politico 03 Dec 2023
The conflict in Syria continues unabated, a sign of Moscow’s determination to outlast its enemies. A woman mourns at a funeral in the village of Hamameh in the west of Idlib, Syria, on Oct ... Nasser, 48, traveled from the rebel-held city of Idlib, Syria, to Turkey with his young grandson, who needs medical treatment for a congenital heart defect.
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2 IRGC members killed by Israeli strike in Syria

The Siasat Daily 03 Dec 2023
Two members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an alleged Israeli attack on the Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood in Syria on Saturday, December 2 ... mission in Syria, Tasnim News Agency reported ... IRGC Advisors Martyred in Syria by Israeli Regime.
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Briefing of KUNA main news for Saturday until 00:00 GMT

Kuna 03 Dec 2023
TEHRAN -- Two Iranian army officers are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syria ... (end) gb. .
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