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A Bafta-winning Syrian photographer and filmmaker who has temporarily changed careers to serve on the coronavirus frontline as a hospital cleaner says he was desperate to help after ‘England welcomed me with open arms’. Hassan Akkad, who fled to the UK after he was imprisoned and tortured in Syria, is working at St Bartholomew’s Hospital … Read more
The brother of a British volunteer kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State says he believes the abduction was an ‘inside job’ by someone on the aid convoy he was part of. Father-of-two Alan Henning was kidnapped in Syria December 2013 by the group of British jihadis dubbed the Beatles and beheaded in October 2014, aged … Read more
The brother of a British volunteer kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State says he believes the abduction was an ‘inside job’ by someone on the aid convoy he was part of. Father-of-two Alan Henning was kidnapped in Syria December 2013 by the group of British jihadis dubbed the Beatles and beheaded in October 2014, aged … Read more
The families of three men who were brutally murdered by a terror cell from the so-called Islamic State have said they are ‘deeply concerned’ about a ruling made by the UK’s highest court. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was unlawful for the UK Government to share evidence with the US authorities about … Read more
The families of three men who were brutally murdered by a terror cell from the so-called Islamic State have said they are ‘deeply concerned’ about a ruling made by the UK’s highest court. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was unlawful for the UK Government to share evidence with the US authorities about … Read more
Singapore, Osaka and Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive cities, a new survey has found. Researchers looked at the prices of 160 items in 133 cities around the globe including the cost of food, clothing, transport and utility bills, to draw up a ranking of the most expensive and least expensive. Damascus, the capital … Read more
An ancient human settlement was obliterated by a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere around 12,800 years ago, a study has found. The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass ‘hot enough to melt cars’ to the ground. The impact is also believed to have … Read more
An ancient human settlement was obliterated by a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere around 12,800 years ago, a study has found. The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass ‘hot enough to melt cars’ to the ground. The impact is also believed to have … Read more
Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling as a refugee in southern Turkey. Last week, after hearing the country’s border gates were being opened, he achieved his long-cherished dream of reaching Europe. However, he soon discovered he had descended into a dark new nightmare. This young man had crossed the … Read more
An adviser to Iran’s foreign minister who was involved in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis has died from coronavirus, state media said today. Hossein Sheikholeslam, an aide of Mohammad Javad Zarif, died late on Thursday according to official news agency IRNA which called him ‘a veteran and revolutionary diplomat’. It comes as Iran warned it … Read more