A Tripped Syrian Refugee Finds a Home in Spain

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ALAN TAYLOR - JUN 22, 2016 - 14 PHOTOS - IN FOCUS

Last September, photos and video of a Syrian refugee named Osama Abdul Mohsen and his young son being tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee border police near Serbia went viral. While much outrage was focused on the actions of the journalist Petra Laszlo (who was fired shortly afterward), Mohsen’s story caught the attention of a soccer training school near Madrid, Spain. The school found Mohsen a job as a liason officer, and now he spends his time between Spanish language classes, his new job, and two of his sons in their new home in Getafe. His wife and two more children remain in Turkey, waiting for visas to enter Spain.

Syrian Government Forces Recapture Historic Palmyra From ISIS

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Mar 29, 2016 - 20 Photos - In Focus

After several weeks of fighting, Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes were able to gain control of the ancient city of Palmyra this weekend, driving out ISIS militants who took the city last May. Archaeologists were rushing to the site to assess the damage, after earlier evidence of looting and destruction by the jihadist group. Officials have reported that demining experts have removed dozens of bombs planted by ISIS across the historic city. Following the pattern of other recent recaptures from ISIS, such as Kobani in Syria and Sinjar in Iraq, the occupation and battle to re-take Palmyra wreaked havoc on the city, leaving buildings and historic sites in ruins.

A Year of Syria's War Seen Through the Lens of Bassam Khabieh

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ALAN TAYLOR
DEC 30, 2015
42 PHOTOS - IN FOCUS

Each December, I like to finish the year with a focus on a single photographer’s work over the previous 12 months. Several years ago, Bassam Khabieh was an IT administrator working in Damascus, Syria, near his hometown of Douma. Then, the Syrian war began. Soon, Khabieh picked up a camera and returned to Douma—an area controlled by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad—to document the effects of years of shelling and urban warfare. Khabieh’s images often focus on the children still living in the neighborhood, showing fleeting moments of normal life, as well as the horror and struggle amid battle-scarred neighborhoods. Khabieh has worked as a freelancer for Reuters since 2013, giving the rest of the world a window into the ongoing conflict in Syria. His photos gathered here from 2015 are listed in rough chronological order, including two photos from an attack that took place earlier today, December 30.

Gravediggers forced to build giant terraced cemetery to cope with the sheer number of people killed in Syria's bloody war

• Daily aerial bombardments have forced gravediggers to dig a large new terraced cemetery
• Douma has regularly been bombarded with Assad regime artillery and air strikes, killing many civilians
• The cemetery has become so full that gravediggers have been forced to wait until the new cemetery is built

By TOM WYKE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 22:23 GMT, 9 November 2015 | UPDATED: 23:17 GMT, 9 November 2015

There Have Never Been More Displaced People Across the World Than Now

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After the apocalypse: Astonishing footage filmed by drone reveals full scale of destruction in town of Kobane which was occupied for ISIS for the first time

• Dramatic video was shot exclusively for CNN by cameraman Gabriel Chaim over the ruins of Syrian border town
• Footage shows thousands of buildings reduced to shells and destroyed infrastructure as far as the eye can see

By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:04 GMT, 5 May 2015 | UPDATED: 19:44 GMT, 5 May 2015

A Picture Of A 4-Year-Old Syrian Girl “Surrendering” To A Photojournalist Has Gone Viral

The child is said to have thought that the photographer’s camera was a weapon.

Update: The BBC has confirmed that the subject of the photo is a girl.

Originally posted on March 30, 2015, at 10:10 p.m.

Updated on March 31, 2015, at 7:44 p.m.
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BuzzFeed News ReporterA picture of a little girl appearing to assume a photojournalist’s camera was a weapon and surrendering has gone viral, first in Turkey and again recently in the U.S. after being tweeted by Gaza-based photojournalist Nadia Abu Shaban.

It was then posted on Reddit, where it received over 5,000 upvotes and over 1,600 comments, furthering the heartbreaking picture’s impact across the web. The BBCtracked down photographer Osman Sağırlı, who took the photo last December.

SYRIA: Four Years of War

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Civil war really HAS brought darkness to Syria: Satellite images reveal 83% of the country's lights have gone out due to destruction, power shortages and people fleeing their homes

• Satellite photos show how country has been affected by four years of war
• Aleppo is the worst hit with 97% reduction in its night time light output
• Government-held Damascus also affected, with 35% of lights disappearing
• More than 200,000 people have been killed since war began in March 2011 

By JACK CRONE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 13:07 GMT, 12 March 2015 | UPDATED: 15:28 GMT, 12 March 2015

Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year - activists

 

Activists stand over pictures of war victims under candles in a New Year event in Salah al-Din neighbourhood in central Aleppo on Wednesday night. (REUTERS/Hosam Katan)

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1 January 2015 Last updated at 19:52

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria's four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say.

Chilling images of life in Syrian refugee camp show devastating impact of the bloody wars that have ravaged country for four years

• The conflict in Syria between regime troops, viligante soldiers and IS fanatics has ravaged the Middle East 
• Civil war between President Assad's army and a militia of rebels has now been raging for four years
• At one of the refugee camps on the country's border with Turkey women and children live in desperate conditions

By Jennifer Smith for MailOnline

Published: 16:56 GMT, 25 December 2014 | Updated: 23:09 GMT, 25 December 2014

U.N. official: We have 'run out of words' to describe conflict in Syria

"Every time you open your eyes in Kobani, you see the damage," writes CNN's Nick Paton Walsh. "There are people still there, but it is hard to gauge how many."  

Living in War-Torn Syria

  Nov 20, 2014

For more than three years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war. At the moment, Syrian government forces are fighting several rebel groups spread throughout the country, as well as ISIS, the militant group attempting to form a new state carved out of Syria and Iraq. The smaller rebel groups are fighting each other, and just about everyone in the region is fighting ISIS, assisted by airstrikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition. Pockets of Damascus are stable enough for residents to carry on normal lives, while some distant rural villages have been reduced to rubble. Basic necessities are rare in contested areas, and refugee camps in neighboring countries are still growing. Battles and attacks continue across Syria among the many parties, with no clear end in sight—those caught in the crossfire suffering most. Gathered here are images of the ongoing Syrian conflict from just the past month. [34 photos]

ISIS militants stand next to an explosion from an airstrike on Tilsehir hill in Syria, near Turkish border, on October 23, 2014. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

UN: 'Very fluid' situation on held peacekeepers

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Posted: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:23 pm | Updated: 10:00 pm, Fri Aug 29, 2014.

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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The plight of dozens of U.N. peacekeepers in Syria remained "very, very fluid" Friday, the secretary-general's spokesman said, as talks aimed at their release stretched into a second day.

Some radio contact has been made with the 72 peacekeepers from the Philippines who have been restricted to their positions, Stephane Dujarric told reporters. Another 44 peacekeepers from Fiji remain detained.

War victims flee back to Syria as refugee camp in Lebanon is burned to the ground by invading Islamic State fighters

• Refugees poured out of border town Arsal, heading back to war-torn home
• Follows incursions by Islamic forces into Lebanon over the past week
• Troops took Arsal, but were forced back by Lebanese army on Thursday 

By Kieran Corcoran

Published: 19:02 GMT, 9 August 2014 | Updated: 11:51 GMT, 10 August 2014

Syria's City of Homs, Shattered by War

May 14, 2014 

A little more than three years ago, anti-government protests swept Syria, leading to severe crackdowns and then escalating into civil war. Homs, the third largest city in Syria, was one of a number of cities and towns besieged by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Homs became an urban battlefield, and remained so until last week when a complex truce began, allowing rebel forces to peacefully leave and the Assad government to retake full control of the city. Residents who had fled the fighting were allowed to return last week, to see their homes and recover what they can -- most of the city is now unfit for habitation, and reconstruction will be necessary on a massive scale if Homs is to become a city once again. Gathered here are many recent images, as well as a few from 2011 paired with 2014 photos taken in the same places to show the difference three years of war can make. [28 photos]

In Syria: Three Years of War

Mar 19, 2014
 

Last weekend marked the third anniversary of Syria's civil war, a conflict that has, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed the lives of more than 146,000 people, at least a third of them civilians. As forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appear to be making slow progress against rebel forces, the humanitarian crisis has grown astronomically -- as many as 2.5 million Syrians have now fled the country. Fractured rebel groups continue to fight each other, as well as Assad's troops, with civilians bearing the brunt of attack and counterattack, their neighborhoods reduced to rubble by mortar shells and barrel bombs. Gathered here are images from Syria over the past few months. [37 photos]

Syrian civil war in 2014

Buildings in the city of Homs lay in ruins on March 9.

Syria's 5,000-year heritage is being buried under the rubble of war

Haunting before and after pictures show how Syria's 5,000-year heritage is being buried under the rubble of war

• Images show once bustling centres of commerce and culture now lying silent
• They include Aleppo's ancient Umayyad Mosque and Souq Bab Antakya
• A once state of the art hospital is now a shell and a key minaret ruined
• Meanwhile, US restarts deliveries of nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition
• But rebels say no aid is reaching the besieged city of Homs

By Matt Blake

PUBLISHED: 12:52 GMT, 27 January 2014 | UPDATED: 17:12 GMT, 27 January 2014

They are the rubble-strewn relics of a forgotten age of bustling prosperity: a mosque, a minaret, a hospital and a marketplace.

Now in ruins, they have been destroyed by a war that is not only killing generations of Syrians but also history itself.

And as these before and after pictures show, a heritage built over more than 5,000 years is being slowly buried under rubble.

The ancient Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo was once an imposing testament to ancient Syrian architecture, and said to be home to the remains of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.

Imposing: The ancient Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo was once an imposing testament to ancient Syrian architecture, and said to be home to the remains of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist

Aleppo - chiến trường đổ nát tại Syria

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Thứ Ba, 17/12/2013 00:09

• Thủ lĩnh Quân đội Syria tự do bị tiêu diệt tại Aleppo
• Chính sách ‘lộn xộn’ của Mỹ tại Syria
• Italy cho phép trung chuyển vũ khí hóa học của Syria
• Quân đội Syria Tự do đối mặt khó khăn nghiêm trọng

Thành phố Aleppo đang là mặt trận chính trong cuộc nội chiến tại Syria kể từ khi lực lượng nổi dậy tấn công chiếm giữ thành phố này vào giữa năm 2012. Sau gần 1 năm rưỡi, Aleppo gần như bị phá hủy hoàn toàn, đồng thời bị chia cắt làm hai phần, một phần do quân nổi dậy chiếm giữ, phần còn lại vẫn thuộc quyền kiểm soát của chính phủ.

Dưới đây là một số hình ảnh đổ nát tại thành phố sau cuộc đụng độ giữa quân chính phủ và lực lượng nổi dậy ngày 15/12/2013: