Democracies,which view Assad as a pariah over his forces’ gas attacks against civilians during the 12-year civil war,have criticised his return to the Arab fold
Syria had been suspended from the Arab League since the president reacted to nationwide protests in 2011 with a crackdown that turned into a 12-year civil war.
US Central Command said the raid was launched after intelligence uncovered a plan by IS to “kidnap officials abroad as leverage for[IS] initiatives”.
Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi led a group known as the Shura which plotted a series of attacks across the city,including bombings.
Some Antakya residents complain of neglect from a central government busy with helping other provinces where it has a stronger voting base.
A fresh magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border,adding to the death and injury toll from the twin earthquakes earlier this month.
The recovery process covers many areas that are predominantly Kurdish,the largest ethnic minority in Turkey.
Most urgently,we need to get funds to the local organisations in Syria and Turkey that are – and always have been – leading on the frontline.
Much of the grass roots efforts in the US are being driven by Turkish and Syrian communities who still maintain close ties to their homeland.
More than 74,000 people in Turkey alone have been injured by the quake,but miracle rescues are still taking place despite 1509 aftershocks.
Baby Aya is one of untold numbers of orphans left by the 7.8-magnitude quake and subsequent tremors,which killed more than 20,000 people in Syria and Turkey.