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Syria: the post-release emergency programme
International Committee of the Red Cross
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June 17, 2025
Many things changed in Syria on 8 December 2024, especially for those who were suddenly released from detention facilities. Globally, the time after being released from detention is particularly critical for individuals. Many released detainees...
Syria allows entry to chemical arms locations to international investigators
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN’s top disarmament official, Izumi Nakamitsu, on Thursday acknowledged Syria’s recent willingness to work with international inspectors by granting complete access to chemical weapons facilities. This development marks a shift in...
Building Syria’s new army: Future plans and the challenges ahead
Middle East Institute
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June 13, 2025
After leading the lighting campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s interim president, quickly began working to form a unified national army, dismantle the existing factions, and centralize all...
Syria Looks to a Future Unburdened from US Sanctions
Middle East Institute
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May 30, 2025
MEI Senior Fellow Charles Lister joins hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj to discuss the Trump administration’s dramatic reversal of four decades of US policy toward Syria. Following President Trump’s May 2025 meeting with Syrian President...
ICRC in Syria: Year in Review 2024
International Committee of the Red Cross
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May 26, 2025
This included our response during the escalation of conflict in Lebanon and subsequent displacement of hundreds of thousands of people to Syria, as well as during the hostilities across the country in November and December. We did so through...
Rutland Barracks / MV Crash / DUI Drug
Vermont State Police
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June 19, 2025
STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE CASE#: 25B4004432 RANK / TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Charles Gardner STATION: Rutland CONTACT#: (802) 773-9101 DATE/TIME: June 19, 2025, at approximately 0716 hours...
AIDA Country Report on Egypt
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 19, 2025
ECRE has published the first AIDA report on Egypt. It was researched and drafted by Refugees Platform in Egypt and edited by ECRE, and it uses the AIDA methodology which was developed by ECRE. The report introduces the asylum context in Egypt, the...
Syrian Families Start Evacuation from Al-Hol Camp
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Early Monday marked the start of a crucial evacuation as the first Syrian families were moved from the PKK/YPG-controlled Al-Hol Camp in northeastern Syria to the northwest region of the country. A total of 176 individuals representing 43...
The Israel-Iran war: Scenarios for the days — and years — ahead
Middle East Institute
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June 18, 2025
Barely a week into Israel’s large-scale military campaign against Iran, the prospects for a diplomatic resolution are rapidly vanishing — if they have not already. What began as an effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program has morphed into a broader...
Sanctions are lifting, but Syrians still can’t go home
Middle East Institute
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June 16, 2025
On May 23, President Donald Trump’s administration suspended the majority of sanctions on Syria, marking the most sweeping shift in the policy of the United States toward Damascus in over a decade. But lifting sanctions will not magically make...
AIDA Country Report on Belgium – Update on 2024
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 18, 2025
|Published on: 18th June 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and...
Where do we go from here? Day 5 of the Israel-Iran war
Middle East Institute
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June 18, 2025
The past four days have clarified much about what Israel wants from this conflict, what Iran can and cannot do to fight back, and what decisions confront the American president over the next few days. Israeli objectives: The Israeli campaign goes...
Advancing protection from violence against women in conflict: civil society voices at the centre
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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June 17, 2025
From 9 to 11 June, 16 women human rights defenders and civil society representatives from Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina met in Vienna to highlight the urgent need to prioritize addressing violence against women and girls in post-conflict...
ICYMI: Ending Trump’s unlawful militarization of Los Angeles
Office of the California Governor
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June 17, 2025
Taking action early On Friday, June 6, 2025, the federal government, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement, began conducting widespread operations throughout Los Angeles without notifying local law enforcement. ICE officers sparked panic...
flynas Celebrates Launching Direct Flights Between Jeddah and Damascus
EIN Presswire
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June 12, 2025
The second route connecting Syria to Saudi Arabia. RIYADH, AL-RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, June 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the world and the best LCC in the Middle East, celebrated launching direct flights...
AIDA Country Report on Germany – Update on 2024
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 17, 2025
|Published on: 17th June 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Germany provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and...
Erdogan Confirms Pushing for Israel, Iran Talks
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Since the outset, Türkiye has firmly promoted that debates over Iran’s atomic program belong at the bargaining table, and it upholds the same view today, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed on Monday. Addressing the nation after a...
Justice Department Declines Prosecution of Private Equity Firm Following Voluntary Disclosure of Sanctions Violations and Related Offenses Committed by Acquired Company
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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June 16, 2025
Note: View a copy of the White Deer declination letter, Unicat non-prosecution agreement, and Mani Erfan's plea agreement. The Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas...
Cooperation with ITF Enhancing Human Security: humanitarian projects in 2025-2026
Slovenia Government
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June 13, 2025
SLOVENIA, June 13 - The projects, which are being implemented in cooperation with the ITF in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Lebanon, Moldova, Syria and Ukraine, will focus particularly on populations in crisis and...
Multipolarity and Globalization: A Shared Answer – International Media Discuss the Emerging Global Landscape
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 13, 2025
BEIJING, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The eighth “International Editors-in-Chief Roundtable,” hosted by Global Times and Global Times Online (huanqiu.com), brought together media leaders from China, Russia, Pakistan, Canada, Nepal, Syria, and...