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At least 13 dead in Damascus army bus bombing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 02:57 PM

A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus, Syria killed at least 13 people Wednesday in the bloodiest such attack in years. Read more »

DFA repatriates 8 human-trafficking victims from Syria

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 09:55 PM

The repatriates will undergo facility-based quarantine supervised by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, in conformity with health protocols. Read more »

DFA mum on Syrian officials allegedly pressuring trafficked OFWs to retract statements in Washington Post report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:12 PM

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs has declined to give a reaction on Syrian embassy officials allegedly pressuring abused or trafficked domestic workers, including OFWs, to retract their statement from a Washington Post story that detailed their plight. Read more »

PH embassy shelter in Syria now empty, last batch of trafficked OFWs repatriated

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 12:14 PM

DAMASCUS, Syria— For the first time in history, the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) Shelter in Syria was fully emptied out of all its wards on June 24 after the repatriation of the last group of survivors of human trafficking and illegal recruitment in line with an intense Philippine Embassy campaign. Read more »

Israeli strikes kill 8 fighters in Syria: monitor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:32 PM

Israeli air strikes in central Syria killed at least 8 pro-government fighters late Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Read more »

Football: AFC moves World Cup qualifying group out of China

Michael Church, Reuters
Posted at May 31 06:14 PM

Matches in Group A of Asia's 2022 World Cup preliminaries will be played in an as-yet undetermined neutral venue.  Read more »

Syria's Assad wins 4th term as president with 95.1% of votes

Reuters
Posted at May 28 07:38 AM

Assad's years as president are defined by the conflict that began in 2011 with peaceful protests before spiraling into a multi-sided conflict. Read more »

Human trafficking ng mga menor de edad na Pinay sa Syria iniimbestigahan

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 09:04 PM

Tiniyak ng Department of Justice (DOJ) na mayroong gumugulong na imbestigasyon sa umano’y human trafficking ng mga Pinay patungong Syria gamit ang tinaguriang "baklas passport" scheme.    Read more »

Oil tanker off Syria suspected attacked by drone, fire extinguished

Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 01:46 AM

CAIRO - Syria's oil ministry said on Saturday that firefighting teams managed to extinguish a fire in one of the tanks of an oil tanker off the oil terminal of Baniyas after a suspected drone attack from the direction of Lebanese territorial waters, state media reported. Read more »

Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 09:03 PM

Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 likely to keep in power President Bashar al-Assad, in a country devastated by a decade of war. Read more »

3 Filipina human trafficking victims return from Syria - DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:39 PM

MANILA — A total of 3 more Filipinas victimized by human trafficking in Syria arrived in the Philippines on Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced.   Read more »

The feeding of the one thousand: Idlib sanctuary offers cats a refuge from war

Khalil Ashawi, Reuters
Posted at Apr 01 12:54 PM

When Syria's war forced Alaa al-Jaleel to close his cat sanctuary in Aleppo in 2015 and head north to the rebel stronghold of Idlib, he took around 100 animals with him and reopened it there.  Read more »

Syrian president and wife recover from COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 03:25 PM

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have recovered from COVID-19 and have tested negative for the disease, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday. Read more »

Philippines probes immigration officers over trafficking women to Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 02:37 PM

MANILA - The Philippine immigration bureau said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into allegations that some of its officers were involved in the trafficking of 44 women to work in Syria. Read more »

Hontiveros: Some Immigration officers involved in trafficking OFWs to Syria as slaves

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 08:37 AM

MANILA - A senator on Tuesday bared a scheme where immigration officers allegedly take bribes from illegal recruiters to traffic Filipina domestic workers as slaves to Syria.   Read more »

Syria's President Assad, wife test positive for COVID-19

Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 12:12 AM

DUBAI/AMMAN - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for COVID-19 after showing minor symptoms, his office said on Monday.   Read more »

DFA: 7 more Pinay victims of human trafficking in Syria returning home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 04:57 PM

Seven more Filipinas illegally hired to work in Syria are flying back to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday. Read more »

DFA bringing home 6 Filipina human-trafficking victims from Syria

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 09:35 PM

The 6 were among 38 Filipinas who sought shelter at the Philippine Embassy in Damascus having been subjected to human trafficking, the DFA said Saturday. Read more »

Washington Post article exposes trafficking of Filipinas to Syria

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 06:56 PM

An article in an American publication has exposed the plight of Filipinas trafficked to Syria. Read more »

Foreign affairs chief vows to bring home Pinoy human trafficking victims in Syria

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 06:32 PM

The development came following a report that Filipina workers got abused, raped, and were imprisoned after being “sold into Syrian servitude.”   Read more »