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German police secure the area near the main train station in Munich. Reuters

Syrian Refugee Goes on Trial in Germany for ‘War Crimes’

by Majid AlKhatib and Asharq AlAwsat | Oct 22, 2016 | World

Cologne-A Syrian refugee has gone on trial on charges of working with a terrorist organization and participating in the kidnapping of a U.N. peacekeeper in Damascus in 2013 in what prosecutors call a “war crime”. The 25-year-old, named only as Suliman...

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Refugees wait at an inspection station near the Austrian-German border near Passau, Germany, 30 October 2015. EPA/SEBASTIAN KAHNERT

Syrian Bombing Suspect in Germany Spoke to ISIS Contact about Possible Target

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 15, 2016 | World

German police discovered explosives in a Syrian refugee’s apartment, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The refugee, who now is arrested on suspicion of planning a major attack in Berlin, had spoken to a member of ISIS in Syria by telephone about a possible target....

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A woman wearing a headscarf stands in front of the entrance to the Fatih Camii Mosque in Dresden, eastern Germany, where traces of smoke can be seen after a bomb attack. Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a congress centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said, addding that they suspected a xenophobic and nationalist motive,AFP

Racism Rises among Germany’s Youth, Refugee Children Attacked

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 7, 2016 | World

Three Syrian refugee children were threatened with a knife by a group of young people in eastern Germany on Thursday. Police reported that the youth were chanting right-wing slogans after the incident. A spokeswoman for the police could not confirm the nationality of...

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Syrian Refugees Prepare For Long Term Exile at Jordanian Camp

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2016 | Middle East

Salaam Asha’ra and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected that the civil war in their country would last for years without any signs of subsiding, creating the worst refugee crisis in the world since the end of World War II. Asha’ra’s family was...

Greece Returns 13 Syrian Refugees to Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2016 | Middle East

Greek authorities said they have deported 13 Syrian refugees to Turkey under an agreement between the latter and the European Union to stop the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe. The group comprises are six men, three women and four children, police reported....