Tag: Syria
Ramadan for refugees: Bradford duo over £20,000 in aid to displaced...
A pair of childhood friends from Bradford have described conditions in a refugee camp on the Turkey-Syria border as ‘shocking’, saying circumstances have only...
Daesh breaks ceasefire: 150 killed near Syria’s coastline
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, has condemned recent attacks by Daesh after nearly 150 people were killed on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.
The state media...
£1,000 Shoebox! Allerton Grange High School saves up for Syria
Students at a school in Roundhay have been leaving their ‘footprints’ on the lives of local Syrian refugees this month as they managed to...
Students to host a special evening for local Syrian families
A warm welcome to Bradford
Bradford’s title as a ‘City of Sanctuary’ will be further reinforced by some of the region’s younger members next month...
Syria breakdown: A look at the stats and facts of Syrian...
45% of Syrians forced to leave their homes
7.6 million Syrians are displaced within the country
3.8 million Syrians have sought refuge in other countries
33 applications...
Syria’s ceasefire: Truce provides glimmer of hope for besieged country
Syria’s ceasefire is ‘open-ended’
The UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told reporters on Wednesday that Syria’s pause in hostilities is ‘open-ended’.
De Mistura would now...
Bashar al-Assad vows to retake whole of Syria
President of Syria says EU should stop ‘giving cover to terrorists’
In an interview published hours after a deal was secured for a break in...
Supporting Syria: UK to invest an extra £1.2Bn over the next...
Current funding of £1.12 billion to be more than doubled
Money to be invested in the region over the next four years
Cash to help fund...
Mass exodus in Aleppo
Thousands of Syrians flee city after Russian airstrikes
Tens of thousands of Syrians are being forced out of the city of Aleppo towards the...
Parents of Jihadi Jack arrested
Mum and dad sent money to Syria so that son could buy glasses
The parents of a British man, who purportedly travelled to Syria to...
Mother jailed for 6 years for taking child to Syria
Daesh sympathiser sentenced at Birmingham court
A 26 year-old British mother, described previously as a bright former college student, took her toddler son to Syria...
Daesh detonates in Damascus
Death toll reaches 70 after suicide bombing
The Sayeda Zeinab district in Damascus, home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, was targeted by Daesh on...
From Syria to Salford
Refugee has sights set on accountancy career in UK
A Syrian student, who was forced to flee his home country due to the outbreak of...
How clued up is Bradford when asked about Syria stats?
Just how many Brits do people on the street think have left for Daesh?
Over the last five years, it is believed that around 800...
120 people of Leeds turn up to ‘drop food not bombs’...
People of Leeds turn their minds to Syria
A Syrian refugee living in Leeds, Fawaz Alghofari, held a vigil in front of Leeds Town Hall...
Syrian-born dentist organises Leeds Town Hall vigil for starving
Drop food not bombs!
A Syrian refugee living in Leeds, Fawaz Alghofari, is holding a vigil in front of Leeds Town Hall this weekend for...
UK Officers believed woman had intentions to live under Sharia Law
Bradford mum jailed for flying children out to Syria
A 34-year-old woman from West Yorkshire – who cannot be named for legal reasons - has...
Police review ordered in wake of Jihadi John replacement
Plans for an extra 660 armed officers in London
Siddhartha Dhar - also known as Abu Rumaysah - is thought to be the new masked...
Plea from Syrian refugee mothers as numbers of female UK travellers...
Latest figures from UK national counter terrorism policing show that women and girls are continuing to travel to Syria. The UK police service and...
David Cameron delivers Christmas promise to Syrian refugees
Government hits target, resettling around 20,000 people
The Prime Minister has today announced that the UK has delivered on its promise of resettling 1,000 vulnerable...
