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Dozens of Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Syria
Witnesses said that bodies could be seen from shore drifting in the waters just outside the port of Tartus. The Lebanese…
The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West
After barring girls from high school — and harboring an Al-Qaeda leader — the regime now risks jeopardizing the billions of…
Turkish Strike in Northern Iraq Kills at Least 8 Tourists, Officials…
The attack came in a region that Turkey targets because Kurdish militants take refuge there, in a new flaring of regional…
‘We Have Not Forgotten Syria’: U.S. Envoy Vows to Protect Refugees
After 11 years of war, Syria has become a cautionary example of what can happen in a conflict with no end in sight, like the one…
Diplomats Fear Russia May Use Syrian Aid as Bargaining Chip in Ukraine
Countries in Europe and the Middle East could see a new surge in refugees if Russia shuts down the last humanitarian convoy route…
Turkey’s Plan to Draw Refugees Back to Syria: Homes for 1 Million
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will build homes, schools, hospitals and more in northern Syria, but experts question…
Some Ukrainian Refugees Are Returning Home, Despite the Risks
A growing number of families, convinced the war could last for years, have decided that facing danger at home is better than life…
Ukraine War Ignites Israeli Debate Over Purpose of a Jewish State
Most Ukrainians seeking refuge in Israel are non-Jews. Some Israelis see a moral imperative to take them in, but others see a…
Mass Graves in Syria Could Hold Evidence of War Crimes
Two sites have been located, believed to hold thousands of bodies of Syrians killed in detention centers administered by…
Palestinians Threatened With Eviction Can Stay in Their Homes — for…
Israel’s high court stayed the eviction of four Palestinian families from their East Jerusalem homes. The eviction threat had…
Middle East Sympathizes With Ukrainian Refugees
Many in the region took to social media to express sympathy for Ukrainians forced to flee, though their warm welcome in Europe…
How a Syrian War Criminal Was Brought to Justice — in Germany
When refugees won historic convictions against the Syrian torture regime, they also opened a new front in the global fight for…
C.I.A.-Backed Afghan Fighters Are Still Waiting to Reach U.S.
Commandos who played a key role in helping American forces are waiting for visas in the United Arab Emirates, and are among the…
‘Our Boat Was Surrounded by Dead Bodies’: Witnessing a Migrant Tragedy
Migrants who were on a separate boat described the horrible aftermath of the sinking in the English Channel that took at least 27…
Japan, Israel and Morocco Impose Bans on Foreign Travelers; Australia…
Israel and Morocco have also barred all visitors from overseas, as countries race to respond to the threat of the Omicron variant.
Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach…
“If I find a better and safe route, I will definitely try again,” said one of the more than 600 Iraqi migrants who came home on…
Undeterred by Channel’s Perils, Desperate Migrants Still Plan to Cross
The number of migrants setting off into the English Channel by boat has soared in recent months. The deaths Wednesday of at least…
How the Belarus Standoff Is Unlike Recent Migrant Crises
The images at the Belarus-Poland border look familiar, but this emergency has little in common with previous waves of people from…
Air Route to Belarus Closed to Migrants in Bid to Halt Crisis
Hoping to stem the flow of migrants stuck on the border of Belarus and Poland, Dubai banned Iraqi and Syrian passengers from…
Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire…
Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping…
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