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‘It’s a breach of trust’: fear and frustration over countries’ push to return Syrians home
ByAshifa Kassam and Deborah Cole December 10, 2025

Syrians who have rebuilt their lives abroad face uncertainty over their futures amid hardening of attitudesTears of joy streamed down Abdulhkeem Alshater’s face as he joined thousands of other Syrian nationals in central Vienna last year. The moment th…

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Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice
ByCath Clarke July 15, 2025

An Austrian trainer goes to Dubai to work with three teenage sisters, and realises they are trapped. But there is no hero-saviour narrative in Kurdwin Ayub’s filmThis claustrophobic drama-thriller sticks two fingers up at white saviour narratives with …

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Austria | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Benjamin Netanyahu | Culture | Donald Trump | Drama films | Europe | Film | Gaza | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Jordan | Middle East and north Africa | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | World news

Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice
ByCath Clarke July 15, 2025

An Austrian trainer goes to Dubai to work with three teenage sisters, and realises they are trapped. But there is no hero-saviour narrative in Kurdwin Ayub’s filmThis claustrophobic drama-thriller sticks two fingers up at white saviour narratives with …

Read More Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice
Austria | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Bashar al-Assad | Benjamin Netanyahu | Donald Trump | Europe | Gaza | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East and north Africa | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | Refugees | Syria | World news

Austria deports man to Syria for first time since fall of Assad
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels July 3, 2025

The 32-year-old was granted asylum in 2014, but lost his refugee status because of his recordAustria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad re…

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Austria | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Bashar al-Assad | Benjamin Netanyahu | Donald Trump | Europe | Gaza | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East and north Africa | Migration | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | Refugees | Syria | World news

Austria deports man to Syria for first time since fall of Assad
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels July 3, 2025

The 32-year-old was granted asylum in 2014, but lost his refugee status because of his recordAustria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad re…

Read More Austria deports man to Syria for first time since fall of Assad