https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than 200 people, including 60 children, drowned as a result of delayed action by Italian authorities, the UN found. https://www.thelocal.it/20210128/italy-failed-to-save-over-200-drowning-migrants-un-says Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:13:20 +0100 italy-failed-to-save-over-200-drowning-migrants-un-says An Italian hostage is on his way home after more than two years in captivity in Syria, where an unknown number of foreigners remain missing eight years into the country's devastating war. https://www.thelocal.it/20190523/italian-hostage-freed-in-syria Thu, 23 May 2019 11:56:50 +0200 italian-hostage-freed-in-syria Italian businessman Sergio Zanotti, who was held hostage in Syria for three years, has been freed and is expected back home soon, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190406/italian-pm-says-hostage-in-syria-has-been-freed Sat, 06 Apr 2019 13:40:26 +0200 italian-pm-says-hostage-in-syria-has-been-freed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of the Islamic State group as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey, they said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180913/italian-suspected-of-joining-isis-captured-in-syria Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:48:28 +0200 italian-suspected-of-joining-isis-captured-in-syria A film that follows two friends through four nightmarish years of the Syrian civil war has lifted some of the top prizes at the Venice film festival, which ends Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180908/syrian-war-documentary-wins-top-venice-prizes Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:40:44 +0200 syrian-war-documentary-wins-top-venice-prizes A jihadist group has released videos of an Italian man and a Japanese journalist held captive in Syria in which they appeal for their release, US-based monitors said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180801/video-released-of-italian-and-japanese-captives-in-syria Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:51:38 +0200 video-released-of-italian-and-japanese-captives-in-syria Italy is not participating in international strikes on Syria, but that doesn't mean it's neutral, according to Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Here's where the country (officially) stands. https://www.thelocal.it/20180418/what-is-italys-position-on-syria Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:32:13 +0200 what-is-italys-position-on-syria The mayor of Naples has complained to port authorities after the USS John Warner, a nuclear submarine used in international strikes on Syria, was allowed to pass through the southern Italian city's waters last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20180417/naples-uss-john-warner-us-submarine-syria Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:05:45 +0200 naples-uss-john-warner-us-submarine-syria Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. https://www.thelocal.it/20180408/pope-francis-condemns-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-syria Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:40:40 +0200 pope-francis-condemns-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-syria Pope Francis on Sunday called for an immediate end to violence in Syria to allow aid deliveries, especially in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta which has been hit by regime bombardment. https://www.thelocal.it/20180225/pope-calls-for-immediate-halt-to-syria-violence Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:20:08 +0100 pope-calls-for-immediate-halt-to-syria-violence G7 countries and tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter on Friday agreed to work together to block the dissemination of Islamist extremism over the internet. https://www.thelocal.it/20171021/g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:39:35 +0200 g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting The United States and Italy on Friday signed an agreement to share their fingerprint databases in a bid to root out potential extremists among migrants travelling to the West. https://www.thelocal.it/20171020/italy-us-share-fingerprint-database Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:18:01 +0200 italy-us-share-fingerprint-database The threat of fresh attacks on the West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen Islamic State – or Isis – stronghold of Raqa is set to dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20171019/g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:36:13 +0200 g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Pope Francis marked UN World Food Day on Monday with a call for world governments to act together to fight the hunger, conflicts and climate change driving mass migration from the developing to the industrialised world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171016/pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:23:17 +0200 pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis Italy said on Saturday it had deported two Moroccans and a Syrian on security grounds, lifting to 202 the number of potentially dangerous Islamists expelled since January 2015. https://www.thelocal.it/20170819/italy-anti-terror-expulsions-top-200 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:47:32 +0200 italy-anti-terror-expulsions-top-200 An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two weeks in detention, Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170424/italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:14:41 +0200 italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Italy on Wednesday called on Turkey to release a journalist arrested this month near the Syrian border while he was researching refugees. https://www.thelocal.it/20170419/italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:58:45 +0200 italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis G7 foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether fresh sanctions should be imposed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his ally Russia, Italy's foreign minister Angelino Alfano said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170411/no-g7-consensus-on-fresh-syria-sanctions-says-italian-foreign-minister Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:41:05 +0200 no-g7-consensus-on-fresh-syria-sanctions-says-italian-foreign-minister Syria is set to dominate Tuesday's meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson under the spotlight before he heads to Moscow, the key ally of President Bashar al-Assad. https://www.thelocal.it/20170411/syria-top-of-the-agenda-as-g7-ministers-meet-in-italy Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:04:14 +0200 syria-top-of-the-agenda-as-g7-ministers-meet-in-italy Italy's far-right Northern League and anti-establishment Five Star Movement have spoken out strongly against US President Donald Trump's air strikes on Syria, while the country's foreign minister said he "understood the reasons" for the attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20170407/italys-pro-trump-parties-condemn-syria-air-strikes Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:28:12 +0200 italys-pro-trump-parties-condemn-syria-air-strikes