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1 month ago | 
voanews.com | Heather Murdock |Yan Boechat
Many Syrians would like to see the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in the east lay down their weapons or join what they hope will become a national army. But Kurdish leaders say they are still fighting on two fronts and want to negotiate a “partnership” with Syria’s new leadership. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Yan Boechat in northeastern Syria. ShareIslamic State fighting complicates effort to unify Syria
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
voanews.com | Liam Scott |Yan Boechat
At a recent press conference in the Four Seasons Hotel in Syria's capital, Damascus, Debra Tice made clear that she would never give up searching for her son, Austin. A former U.S. Marine-turned-journalist, Austin Tice was detained at a checkpoint in Syria in 2012. Little has been heard or seen of him since, but he is believed to have been held in Damascus.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
khmer.voanews.com | Yan Boechat
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
voanews.com | Yan Boechat
The Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, offers a glimpse of the brutality of Syria’s civil war. Home to more than 150,000 people, Yarmouk was destroyed during the early years of the war. Now, many are returning to try to rebuild their devastated homes — and their lives. Yan Boechat reports.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Heather Murdock |Yan Boechat
At 21 years old, Noah Soulay is a grown man. He is tall, slim and speaks English with an American accent. He says he lived in New York for some time as a child. He is now incarcerated in Syria. When he was 12, Soulay's stepfather brought him and his mother here from Trinidad and Tobago to join Islamic State. At the height of its power, the militant group held land that was roughly the size of the United Kingdom in Syria and Iraq.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Heather Murdock |Yan Boechat
This image contains sensitive content which some people may find offensive or disturbing. ImagesMultimediaEmbedded ContentCommentsLink has been copied to clipboard Nearly six years after the official defeat of Islamic State, more than 55,000 individuals connected to the terrorist group remain in prisons, detention camps, or rehabilitation centers in northeastern Syria. Most are children, caught with their mothers after the final battles with IS.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Heather Murdock |Yan Boechat
Long gone is Islamic State’s grip on parts of Iraq and Syria. Yet many of its former members remain in Syria, incarcerated in prisons and camps in conditions that Amnesty International says are inhumane and sometimes deadly. Also locked away are tens of thousands of children who have never known a day of freedom. In Part one of a three-part series, VOA's Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Yan Boechat and Diego Baravelli in Hasakah, Syria.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Heather Murdock |Yan Boechat
The United Nations says a quarter million people have fled Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past two weeks for the relative safety of Syria. Most of them are Syrians who went to Lebanon to escape their country’s civil war but are now back home with no place to stay. VOA's Heather Murdock has more from Istanbul with Yan Boechat and Diego Baravelli in Hasakah, Syria. ShareSyrian refugees flee Lebanon, head back to Syria
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Yan Boechat
The URL has been copied to your clipboardThe code has been copied to your clipboard. Fires have destroyed more than 11 million hectares of forests and plantations in Brazil this year. A devastating combination of severe drought, above-average temperatures and extremely dry air masses has worsened the destruction. Yan Boechat reports from Sao Paulo.
