War in Syria
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Migration keeps derailing British leaders
As the dust settles on days of far-right rioting, the issue seems inescapable for Britain’s new leader Keir Starmer.
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Turkey carves its own course in NATO
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Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration
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Scoop! Why Ben from Ben & Jerry’s blames America for war in Ukraine
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UAE invites Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to COP28 climate summit
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Death in Istanbul: The untold story behind Syria’s White Helmets
Swedish woman gets 3 months in prison for Syria ‘war crime’
Woman shared photos of severed and impaled heads placed in Raqqa by ISIS.
Denmark jails ISIS wife and strips her of citizenship
Danish-Bosnian woman lived as a housewife in Raqqa.
‘ISIS bride’ Shamima Begum loses appeal over loss of British citizenship
The 23-year-old is now unlikely to be able to return to the UK.
Putin to meet Erdoğan in Iran
Turkish leader has been seeking deal to ease blockade of Ukrainian grain.
NATO bid reignites Sweden’s dispute with Turkey over Kurds
Turkey’s demand that Sweden and Finland extradite 33 people looks set to heavily delay NATO membership bids by Stockholm and Helsinki.
The EU’s real refugee policy: Division and delay
Before the war in Ukraine, the bloc’s failure to forge a common approach put the lives of thousands of asylum seekers at greater risk.
For Ukraine, Greece erects migration system not always offered to others
The approach reflects a European phenomenon aid workers say is discriminatory, but that authorities defend as simply following the law.
Europe asylum applications up by a third in 2021: Report
Overall, only 35 percent of all applications in the EU, Norway, Switzerland and UK were accepted.
German court convicts Syrian colonel of crimes against humanity
Syrian official Anwar Raslan gets life in jail, in landmark case that could set new precedent.
Syrians in Polish forest accuse Lukashenko’s forces of brutality
Migrants say they spent weeks being pushed between Poland and Belarus before being able to file asylum applications.
Polish-Belarusian migration crisis gets political
An effort by Belarus to spark a migration crisis is having some success.
EU Confidential #193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scandals — Syria conflict
Vaccine exports and Angela Merkel’s lockdown mea culpa are discussed in this episode, as well as what Europe can do to ease suffering in Syria, 10 years after the conflict there began.
5 years on from Angela Merkel’s three little words: ‘Wir schaffen das!’
German chancellor says her 2015 pledge to let in refugees has ‘taken on a life of its own.’
Record 79.5M people forcibly displaced in 2019: report
An estimated 40 percent of all displaced people are children.
EU Confidential #143: Italy in coronavirus lockdown — Elections in France — UK’s Tom Tugendhat
Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Acast | Stitcher Life under lockdown in Italy: This episode of EU Confidential leads off with a conversation with Silvia Sciorilli-Borrelli in Rome about how …
Erdoğan to visit Brussels amid migration standoff
Turkey wants to revise its deal with the EU to manage the flow of migrants.
Russia, Turkey agree ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province
Putin and Erdoğan make announcement after Moscow talks.
EU Confidential #142, presented by Goldman Sachs: Europe in crisis mode — Super Tuesday — Syrian doctor Amani Ballour
Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Acast | Stitcher From Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London, we break down responses to the coronavirus across Europe. How are politicians and the general population …
Bullets don’t deter migrants at Turkish-Greek border
Turkey says one man was killed by live fire from the Greek side, a claim rejected by Athens.
EU diplomats fear escalation in Syria more than refugee surge
The big worry in Brussels is an open conflict between Turkey and Russia.