Syria

The federal government is moving forward on repatriating 19 Canadian women and children held in northeastern Syria, says their lawyer.Family members of 23 detained Canadians — six women, four men and 13 children — have asked a Federal Court…

The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says the federal government has agreed to help bring them home. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a “mutually acceptable” agreement was reached today with…

The Canadian government has agreed to bring home 6 Canadian women and 13 children currently detained in prison camps in northeast Syria, according to Lawrence Greenspon, the lawyer representing them in a federal court…

Brussels — The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU's border and coast guard agency said…

He’s trashed Turkey’s economy. He’s locked up all opposition. He’s playing a deadly game standing between East and West. Now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on the brink of triggering a war to boost his re-election chances.It’s the…

OTTAWA - A lawyer for citizens detained in northern Syria who want to return to Canada says the federal government will continue to create obstacles and reverse decisions unless it is ordered to bring them…

The defence ministers of Russia, Turkey and Syria met in Moscow on Wednesday, the first such…

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps, a government lawyer told a Federal Court hearing Tuesday.Family members of 23 detained Canadians — six women, four men and 13 children…

OTTAWA - A government lawyer is telling a Federal Court hearing that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps. Family members of 23…

The Prime Minister of Canada seems to have undergone a change of heart, and it's causing flowers to bloom in the harsh desert of northeastern Syria. Perhaps not so much a change of heart as a change of…