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Defence lawyer for accused in terrorism case wants charges stayed because of court delays
The lawyer for a Calgary man accused of committing terrorism offences over a decade ago argues charges should be stayed because of court delays. The Calgary Courts Centre is pictured in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
Biden meeting with his national security team as U.S. pledges ‘support’ for Israel against Iran
President Joe Biden pauses to respond to a question from a member of the traveling press as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, April 12, 2024, enroute to New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Israel threatens to strike Iran directly if Tehran launches attack from its territory
Civil defence members and workers clear rubble after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran's consulate, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building, which Iran said had killed seven military personnel including two key figures in the Quds Force, in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
canada
Six children of Canadian mother to be repatriated from Syrian detention camp
Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon speaks to reporters outside the courthouse in Ottawa, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. Six children, but not their Canadian mother, will be repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria. Greenspon, who represents the mother, says Global Affairs Canada is planning the return of the children, who are between the ages of five and 12. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
energy and resources
Oil falls on renewed push for Middle East ceasefire
FILE - Pumpjacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field are seen in Bakersfield, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2015. The state of California has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels blamed for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
globe investor
Gold shatters new records as Mideast tensions add to bullish mix
An employee places ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold in a workroom at the Novosibirsk precious metals refining and manufacturing plant in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, September 15, 2023.
world
Iran vows response after strike it blames on Israel demolishes consulate in Syria
An excavator clears rubble after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran's consulate, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building, which Iran said had killed seven military personnel including two key figures in the Quds Force, in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
world
Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders among dead
An Iranian flag hangs as smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
world
A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least three people, including two children
In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers search for casualties after a car bomb exploded in a busy market in the Turkish-controlled northwestern city of Azaz, Syria, early Sunday, March 31, 2024. The explosion that tore through the busy market killing at least three people and wounded five civilians, the paramedic group said, and destroyed shops and homes in the area. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
world
Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized
A police officer stands guard next to a makeshift memorial near the Crocus City Hall following a deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. The court says it won't hear an appeal from Webber Academy in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. The court says it won't hear an appeal from Webber Academy in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
World reacts to deadly shooting at Moscow concert hall
People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, March 23, 2024. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
world
An apparent Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills two in one of the deepest hits in weeks
Lebanese army soldiers secure the area around a car wrecked in a reported Israeli drone strike in the village of Jadra between Beirut and the southern city of Sidon, on February 10, 2024. A senior Hamas official survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon, a Palestinian security source told AFP, with rescuers reporting two civilians killed in the strike south of Beirut. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking Kataib Hezbollah commander, officials say
People, rescuers and security forces gather around a vehicle hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people, including two leaders of a pro-Iran group, in Baghdad on February 7, 2024. One of those killed was a commander of the Kataeb Hezbollah militant group in charge of military affairs in Syria, a member of the pro-Iran Iraqi group told AFP. The security sources also reported the deaths of two Kataeb Hezbollah members. (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF / AFP) (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least six Kurdish fighters killed in drone attack on Syrian base housing U.S. troops
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on their armored vehicles, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in a coalition that has kept on a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
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U.S. retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria leave nearly 40 reportedly killed
DOVER, DELAWARE - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Joe Biden attends the dignified transfer for fallen service members U.S. Army Sgt. William Rivers, Sgt. Breonna Moffett and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders at Dover Air Force Base on February 02, 2024 in Dover, Delaware. U.S. Army Sgt. William Rivers, Sgt. Breonna Moffett and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders were killed in addition to 40 others troops were injured during a drone strike in Jordan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
world
A look at the key players in the Middle East conflict as fears of an all-out regional war grow
world
Iran won’t start a war but will respond to bullies, President Ebrahim Raisi says
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the military equipment of IRGC Navy in Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 2, 2024. Iran's Presidency/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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U.S. said to back strikes on Iran targets in Iraq, Syria as Gaza truce hopes rise
This picture taken from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis during Israeli bombardment on February 1, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Islamic State cells in northeast Syria maintain access to centralized and co-ordinated weapon supply
Plastic-wrapped rifles from the Abu Khashab seizure. Documented by CAR in Qamishli district, Hasakeh governorate, in December 2021.
world
Biden says U.S. ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills three U.S. troops in Jordan
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he attends the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center for their "Sunday Lunch" in West Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2024. President Biden has a long-standing relationship with Brookland Baptist's pastor and First Lady, Robin Jackson, who is First Lady Dr. Jill Biden's prayer partner. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) (Photo by KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Attacks in Syria and Iraq ratchet tensions in a region on edge
People inspect a damaged site, that was hit by an Israeli strike according to sources, in Damascus, Syria January 20, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
world
Iraq recalls ambassador, summons Iran’s charge d’affaires over strikes in Irbil
Emergency services clear the rubble of the house of Peshraw Dizayi that was hit in Iranian missile strikes in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Dizayi, a prominent local businessman, was killed in one of the Irbil strikes along with members of his family. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann/Metrography)
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Israel hits Syrian air defence base in southern Syria, say intel sources
Israeli soldiers operate in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the border with Syria, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, December 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL
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Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organisation's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
opinion
The forgotten war in Syria
Lina Chawaf
world
Iran says an Israeli strike in Syria killed two Revolutionary Guard members while on advisory mission
A Revolutionary Guard member stands guard in front of an Iranian domestically built missile displayed during Basij paramilitary force rally in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
world
At least 10 people killed in Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held village, paramedics and relatives say
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) survey the area following a Russian air strike, at a camp for those displaced by conflict on the outskirts of the rebel-held village of al-Hamamah in the district of Jisr al-Shughur in thr west of Syria's northwestern Idlib province on October 24, 2023. Six people, including two children, were killed on October 24 in Russian strikes on a displacement camp in Syria's northwest, the country's last main rebel bastion, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Tensions have soared in the rebel-held area since a drone attack on a military academy graduation ceremony in Homs earlier this month killed dozens of people, with the government blaming "terrorists". (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP) (Photo by AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)
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Another U.S. service member injured during attacks in Iraq, Syria
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken exchanges challenge coins with the U.S. Marine Corps embassy security guard detachment in Baghdad, Iraq, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo
canada
Supreme Court won’t hear case of Canadian men detained in Syria
The country's top court is slated to decide today whether it will hear the case of four Canadian men held in Syria who argue Ottawa has a legal duty to help them return home. The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Evening Update: Israel says it has discovered Hamas weapons, combat gear inside Gaza hospital
Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s President al-Assad, source says
This handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on November 11, 2023, shows Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Riyadh. Arab leaders and Iran's president are in the Saudi capital on November 11, for a summit meeting expected to underscore demands that Israel's war in Gaza end before the violence draws in other countries. The emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) comes after Hamas militants' bloody October 7 attacks that Israeli officials say left about 1,200 people dead and 239 taken hostage. (Photo by Ahmed NURELDINE / SAUDI PRESS AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO/ SAUDI PRESS AGENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by AHMED NURELDINE/SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on American troops
FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)