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Idlib braces as a crossing to Syria prepares to close
Millions of people in Syria s Idlib region depend on foreign aid that passes through only one border crossing. The UN mandate regulating passage through it is about to expire; human catastrophe looms if it isn t renewed.
Camps for displaced people in Idlib would be hit especially hard by the closure
The Syrian city of Idlib is separated from the Bab al-Hawa crossing at the Turkish border by about 40 kilometers (25 miles). Huda Khayti, director of the Women Support and Empowerment Center Idlib, travels there several times each week to check on people in refugee camps along the border and bring them aid. Millions of internally displaced Syrians have been living there under extremely difficult humanitarian circumstances for years, and Khayti is worried about their fate.
Opinion: The dilemma with Assad in Syria
Syria has been through ten years of war, destruction, and death. Yet Bashar Assad is still having himself elected president. It s time for a strategy change in dealing with this country in need, writes Matthias von Hein.
The outcome of the Syrian elections has been clear from the start
It doesn t take a crystal ball to predict the outcome of the Syrian presidential election : When all the votes are counted, the winner won t be Abdullah Salloum Abdullah or Mahmoud Ahmad Marei. The two mostly unknown opponents of Bashar Assad are mere extras without a chance in this election farce.
To no surprise, Bashar Assad runs for reelection in Syria
Syria s upcoming election has been criticized as a theatrical farce. Though there are five candidates in addition to the incumbent, international governments and the UN see no sign of a free and fair election.
55-year-old Bashar al-Assad announced on Wednesday that he will run for another term
As of Wednesday, three days have passed since Hammouda Sabbagh, the speaker of Syria s parliament, announced the date of the presidential election as May 26. After the official call, two men, Abdullah Salloum Abdullah and Mohammad Firas Yasin Rajjouh, as well as Faten Ali Nahar, a 50-year-old lawyer and the first female presidential candidate in Syria s history, joined the list of candidates. On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, as did the country s current president: Bashar al-Assad.
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
Zero asylum seekers that is essentially the Danish government s ultimate goal. Now, it is ordering Syrian refugees to return to Damascus, which Copenhagen says is safe.
The Danish government wants to send refugee Aya Abo Daher, seen here with her high school principal, back to Syria
Aya Abo Daher had just graduated high school in the Danish town of Nyborg and was looking forward to celebrating the event with her friends at the end of June when she received an email from the Danish authorities that changed everything. The mail the Syrian student and her parents received stated that their residency permits would not be renewed.