Refugees

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 15, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship …

by Steven Sahiounie interviews Aydin Sezer, published on Mideast Discourse, May 10, 2023 A snapshot of thinking on the Turkish election.  The first round took place but was more or less a tie leading to a runoff.  Seems like it will be very difficult for Kilicdaroglu to keep his promises …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 20, 2023 The Turkish defense minister disclosed this new development while dismissing claims that Turkiye has faced a new influx of Syrian migrants through its southern border Following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkiye on 6 February, 10,663 Syrians in …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published November 21, 2022 The Russian authorities have announced that members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) extremist militant group are storing various “types of weapons at two refugee camps in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, amid reports that the extremists are also …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 18, 2022 On November 13, a blast ripped through Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian area in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul.  The explosion killed six people and wounded 81 at about 4:30 pm local time. Among the dead were Arzu Ozsoy and …

 by Ken Stone, published on The Canada Files, November 6, 2022 Kimberley Polman, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, returned to Canada recently after having secretly travelled to Syria in 2015 to marry an ISIS fighter (a member of the armed terrorist group styling itself as the Islamic State in Iraq …

by Rodayna Radan, published on The New Arab, October 28, 2022 The site this comes from is hostile to the Syrian Government.  However, there are a couple of interesting aspects to this story.  First, a friend was just complaining to me about single mothers in the US  who use their …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 29, 2022 The presidency of Lebanon’s Michel Aoun is coming to a close and politicians are anticipating a possible power vacuum if a decision cannot be made soon to fill the office. The parliament voted on October 24, but with only a …

from The News Desk at The Cradle, published on October 21, 2022 Earlier this month, outgoing President Michel Aoun announced the launching of the repatriation plan, despite an apparent lack of coordination with Damascus Lebanon’s Minister of Displacement, Issam Sharafeddine, announced on 20 October that 6,000 Syrian refugees will be …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 19, 2022 This is a very interesting article which highlights some of the issues that make it difficult to end the Syrian war and move forward.  It is important to think about these issues when you look at bringing peace to the …