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First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan
JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) - The first group of Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Tuesday under a new plan the United Nations developed with the Lebanese government following the downfall ...
Jul 29, 2025 A convoy of buses carry Syrian refugees who return home from Lebanon, arrive at the Syrian border crossing point, in Jdeidet Yabous, Syria, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
P.A. woman trying to get family to Canada after Turkey earthquake
By Jaryn Vecchio A Prince Albert woman has been living a nightmare for more than a week after her family was at the epicentre of the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Fouz Bozan moved to Ca...
Feb 16, 2023 People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake line up to receive food at a makeshift camp in Iskenderun in southern Turkey. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hussein Malla)
Regina man coming to grips with impact of Turkish earthquake
A Regina man who grew up in the Turkish region hit hard by last week's earthquake says at least 24 people he knows -- including family members -- lost their lives in the disaster. Tolga Ates is origin...
Feb 13, 2023 A woman sits on a chair as she waits for her belongings to be taken out of a damaged building in Pazarcik, Turkey on Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
'Nobody survived:' Syrian-Canadian family in Moose Jaw loses relatives in earthquake
By Cory Knutt Mazen Alomar moved from Syria to Moose Jaw eight years ago, and he recently brought over additional family members as refugees, including his mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law. He says...
Feb 13, 2023 Hatim Alomar (left to right), Vesim Alkutunu and Mazen Alomar. (Discover Moose Jaw)
SaskTel to waive long-distance fees for those with loved ones in Syria, Turkey
SaskTel announced Wednesday that it would be waiving long-distance and texting fees in order to allow people to contact loved ones in Turkey and Syria. The Crown corporation made the decision in the w...
Feb 08, 2023
Red Cross asking for cash donations to help with efforts in Turkey and Syria
The Canadian Red Cross is asking for help from Saskatchewan people to assist with the rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria following the deadly earthquake there earlier this week. The 7.8 magnitude eart...
Feb 08, 2023 (Syrian Red Crescent/Twitter)
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
BEIRUT (AP) - In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always ...
Nov 05, 2019 In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. In his last months on the run, al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always dependent on a shrinking circle of confidants. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
VP Mike Pence says Turkey agrees to ceasefire in Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a five-day cease-fire in the Turks' attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to allow the Kurds to withdraw to roughly 20 miles away f...
Oct 17, 2019 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with U.S Vice President Mike Pence, prior to their talks at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. A high level U.S. delegation arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks on a cease-fire in Syria. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
‘See you at the polls’: Trump and Pelosi have it out
WASHINGTON - He said she's a "third-grade" politician. She said he's having a meltdown. And with that President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chalked up the latest explosive meeting that...
Oct 17, 2019
Russia moves to fill void left by US in northern Syria
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (AP) - Russia moved to fill the void left by the United States in northern Syria, deploying troops Tuesday to keep apart advancing Syrian government and Turkish forces. At the same...
Oct 15, 2019 In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke and dust billows from targets in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, caused by bombardment by Turkish forces on Oct. 15, 2019. Turkish artillery on Tuesday pounded suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near the town in northeast Syria amid reports that Kurdish fighters had retaken the town as Turkey pressed ahead with a military incursion that has drawn widespread condemnation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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