Tag: Syrian

Syrian national nabbed at NAIA for using Kiribati passport instead– BI

(Eagle News)—-A Syrian national was arrested after he allegedly tried to enter the country using a Kiribati passport, the Bureau of Immigration said on Friday, March 1. BI Port Operations Chief Grifton Medina said Al Naasan Ibrahim was arrested  upon his arrival from Malaysia at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Feb. 22. This was after he allegedly admitted to being Syrian, and to merely paying  US$5,000 to a Jordanian national based in Siem Reap, Cambodia […]

German police arrest Syrian bomb plot suspect

by Hui Min NEO BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German police on Monday arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting a jihadist bomb attack, after a massive manhunt lasting almost two days. Security had been stepped up at airports and train stations after Jaber Albakr, 22, went on the run Saturday, when police raided his apartment and found several hundred grams of “an explosive substance more dangerous than TNT”. “We’ve succeeded, really overjoyed: the terror suspect […]

Syrians claim Russian airstrikes hit Latakia and Idlib in Syria

Syrians in rebel-held territory uploaded videos on Sunday (October 4) alleging to show the aftermath of Russian airstrikes. It was not clear how the Syrians in rebel areas who filmed the incidents knew the planes carrying out the strikes were Russian. The Russians are unpopular with Syrians opposed to the government of Bashar al-Assad because of Moscow’s close ties to the Damascus government. In one of the clips, columns of thick smoke can be seen […]