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This week in pictures: COVID-19 spreads in Europe, Syrians flee violence and Greek protests

28/02/2020

The Cube

Turkey blocks Twitter, Facebook after deadly airstrike

Turkey blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after an airstrike killed at least 33 of its troops in Idlib, according to internet monitoring groups.

28/02/2020

Syria

Refugees reach Greek border as EU demands Turkey uphold commitments

Turkey has suggested it will stop preventing migrants from crossing through en route to Europe, which would be in breach of a pact made with the bloc in 2106.

28/02/2020

Syria

Syrian humanitarian worker speaks out about Idlib humanitarian crisis

"Idlib is about to be the most catastrophic humanitarian situation in history," a Syrian White Helmets volunteer told Euronews.

26/02/2020

Syria

These pictures reveal how desperate life is in northwest Syria

More than 900,000 people have been displaced by violence in northwest Syria in fewer than three months.

25/02/2020

Finland

Finland says to take in 175 Mediterranean asylum-seekers

The Finnish government says it has agreed to take in 175 asylum-seekers from camps in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta "to alleviate the humanitarian situation" experienced by refugees in the Mediterranean members of the European Union.

22/02/2020

France

‘My heart says he's not dead’: Mother of ISIS recruit holding out hope

The mother of an ISIS recruit has told Euronews she believes her son is still alive - three years since reports he was killed in Syria.

14/02/2020

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Nearly 300,000 displaced from Idlib by Syrian government bombardment

Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment has sent huge numbers fleeing northwards closer to the Turkish border.

04/02/2020

Syria

Turkey says Syria talks with Moscow continue despite clash

Turkey's foreign minister says Ankara and Moscow are working to keep peace efforts for Syria alive despite a deadly clash between Turkish and Syrian forces

03/02/2020

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Syrians flee towards Turkish border as government forces advance

Displaced Syrians flee towards the border with Turkey after an offensive by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held northwestern region, Idlib.

28/01/2020

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Hundreds of Syrian civilians flee fighting south of Idlib province

Hundreds of families fled their homes in northwestern Syria amid intense bombardment by Syrian government and Russian forces.

27/01/2020

Turkey

Hundreds of Syrians in Turkey protest outside Russian consulate

Hundreds of Syrians in Turkey gathered outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul on Saturday to protest about Russian backed Syrian government offensive in the Idlib province. The bombardments have caused 230,000 people to be displaced in just two weeks.

29/12/2019

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Activists deliver Christmas gifts at camp for Syrian children

Activists distribute Christmas presents to displaced Syrian children living in the Washukanni camp.

28/12/2019

Syria

216,000 civilians have fled amid Syria offensive — relief group

Government forces have been bombarding southern and eastern Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, since late November.

25/12/2019

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Maaret al-Numan becomes ghost town as residents flee bombing

At least eight people, including five children, were on Christmas Eve in Russian airstrikes in northwest Syria.

24/12/2019

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Special Christmas delivery for US troops in Syria

Troops taking part in 'Holiday Express' transported stockings stuffed with gifts to five bases in the country's east. A military band also travelled by helicopter, playing Christmas carols as the troops received their presents.

24/12/2019

Turkey

Turkey warns Europe of new refugee wave as Syrian forces advance

"Turkey cannot handle a new refugee wave from Syria," Erdogan said, adding that 80,000 people from Syria's Idlib had fled toward the Turkish border.

23/12/2019

Finland

Finnish minister apologises for Instagram poll on fate of IS women

An online poll on the repatriation of women linked to so-called Islamic State sparked controversy and embarrassed for the new government.

14/12/2019

United Kingdom

Macron and Erdogan to discuss Turkey’s Syria offensive

Macron and Erdogan will hold talks over the Turkish military offensive in #Syria, after the two leaders exchanged "brain dead" remarks

03/12/2019

United Kingdom

UK to repatriate orphaned children of suspected IS fighters from Syria

"These innocent, orphaned, children should never have been the subject to the horrors of war," says Dominic Raab

22/11/2019