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Early on Aug. 21, 2013, Syrian government forces fired rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin into the rebel-held Ghouta district of Damascus. As the chemical clouds spread, residents began to froth at the mouth. Fluid oozed from their eyes and noses as they convulsed and suffocated. The Ghouta gas …
Read More »RCMP arrests three women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria
Two Ontario women were arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects. Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad were arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon arriving at Montreal airport, the RCMP said in a statement. They were then flown to Ontario …
Read More »Court misconstrued Charter when directing feds to bring men in Syria home, Canada argues – National
The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria. Government lawyers are set to stress that point in the Federal Court of Appeal Monday as they seek to overturn a …
Read More »Winnipeg’s Syrian community holds fundraiser after another devastating earthquake – Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s Syrian community came together to hold a fundraiser for the victims of yet another devastating earthquake on Monday. A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people. Community members poured in to support relief …
Read More »Canada will send an ‘initial’ $10M in help for Turkey, Syria earthquakes – National
Canada is sending $10 million in aid to help with the response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. At least 5,000 people have died and thousands more injured after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake — and a subsequent earthquake of nearly …
Read More »Independent agency probing CSIS after claim that operative smuggled teenage girls into Syria
An independent government agency is reviewing how Canada’s spy agency handles human sources after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in August to follow up on claims that an ISIS member who was also working as a CSIS operative smuggled three British teenagers into Syria in 2015. The three teens — Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and …
Read More »Trudeau defends CSIS after U.K. author claims agency informant smuggled girls into Syria
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood behind the country’s top civilian intelligence agency on Wednesday in response to an allegation that one of its contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago. A new book by U.K.-based writer Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — …
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