Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Russia to participate in talks with Syria on the return of millions of refugees.Erdogan’s call this week for dialogue with Syria follows a spate of protests and rioting by Turks who want their government to stop hosting refugees from Syria’s 13-year-old civil war.
In Syria’s last rebel-held stronghold, recent crackdowns have scared off a large number of protestors off the streets.But some rallies continue with locals in Idlib, which authorities refer to as Syria’s “forgotten” city, are demanding for the releas’e of political prisoners and economic relief.
The recent assassinations of tribal leaders in eastern Syria have triggered a new campaign by U.S.-backed forces to hunt down Islamic State sleeper cells in the region
Millions of Syrians have been internally displaced because of the years-long conflict, many trapped in the northern part of the country where they have been isolated by the fighting and rely almost entirely food aid to stay alive. Now the coronavirus has spread into the region and earlier this month the United Nations voted to stop using one of just two international borders open for aid. Activists say food and medical supplies for civilians are now being used as a weapon of war
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross is urging countries with citizens in a Syrian camp for foreign fighters’ families not to abandon them and to work toward a viable solution
Oil workers recognize the risks that come with their profession, but they say unemployment forced them into it