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 Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya Thursday, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:53:00 +0200 syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy A 23-year-old was arrested in Genoa on Wednesday on terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:59:31 +0200 man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy Italian police on Friday arrested a Syrian fugitive wanted under an international arrest warrant after his prison guard lover in Switzerland helped him break out of jail. https://www.thelocal.it/20160325/italy-arrests-syrian-fugitive-and-swiss-prison-guard-lover Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:12:29 +0100 italy-arrests-syrian-fugitive-and-swiss-prison-guard-lover A Syrian child with eye cancer was flown into Italy for treatment on Thursday, becoming the first to benefit from a new humanitarian corridor hoping to stop desperate refugees from attempting an often deadly Mediterranean crossing to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/syrian-cancer-kid-first-to-use-italy-humanitarian-corridor Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:20:54 +0100 syrian-cancer-kid-first-to-use-italy-humanitarian-corridor A Syrian man, suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Isis extremist group, has been detained in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/boat-migrant-held-in-syria-over-suspected-isis-links Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:13:55 +0100 boat-migrant-held-in-syria-over-suspected-isis-links Pope Francis is putting up a Syrian refugee family from Damascus in a Vatican apartment, aides revealed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/pope-francis-hosts-syrian-refugee-family Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:56:52 +0200 pope-francis-hosts-syrian-refugee-family An Italian couple, who were woken by migrant children crying while sleeping on their boat anchored off the Greek island of Kos in the early hours of Tuesday, sprung to their rescue. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:39:59 +0200 italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos The EU on Wednesday announced plans to relocate 24,000 refugees from Italy to other European countries, part of wider plans to ease the migration burden currently weighing heavily on Mediterranean countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20150527/relocate-24000-refugees-from-italy-eu Wed, 27 May 2015 15:37:34 +0200 relocate-24000-refugees-from-italy-eu A Syrian refugee will be granted her wish this Easter after staff at a Swedish animal shelter rescued her long lost cat from quarantine in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:30:55 +0200 swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily Prosecutors in Milan have accused six Syrians of international terrorism and other charges, following a series of violent incidents in northern Italy, national media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150129/milan-probes-syrians-for-international-terrorism Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:45:00 +0100 milan-probes-syrians-for-international-terrorism Cold, cramped, sick and miserable, aboard an old cargo ship left drifting towards the Italian coast - this was the "journey of death" some 768 desperate Syrian migrants had embarked on in the hopes of a better life in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20150107/hope-turns-to-despair-for-italy-ghost-ship-migrants Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:39:00 +0100 hope-turns-to-despair-for-italy-ghost-ship-migrants Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner were refusing on Friday to disembark at Cyprus's main port, demanding instead to be taken to Italy, the cruise company said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/saved-migrants-demand-to-be-sent-to-italy Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:23:00 +0200 saved-migrants-demand-to-be-sent-to-italy A group of 48 Syrian asylum seekers were intercepted on a train from Italy into Tyrol, Austria on Tuesday, Austrian police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140903/48-asylum-seekers-intercepted-at-italy-austria-border Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:24:00 +0200 48-asylum-seekers-intercepted-at-italy-austria-border Close to a hundred refugees, most of whom appear to come from Syria, were intercepted on a train traveling into Austria from Italy and heading to Germany on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20140714/nearly-a-hundred-syrian-refugees-found-on-train Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:13:00 +0200 nearly-a-hundred-syrian-refugees-found-on-train Residents in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, which is host to a shipment of deadly Syrian chemical agents, are fearing the impact the weapons will have on their health and the environment. https://www.thelocal.it/20140701/we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:54:00 +0200 we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor The US cargo ship MV Cape Ray left the Spanish port of Rota on Wednesday and headed for the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, where it will load Syrian chemical weapons materials to be destroyed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140626/syrian-chemical-arms-set-to-be-destroyed-in-italy Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:42:00 +0200 syrian-chemical-arms-set-to-be-destroyed-in-italy The Italian navy said on Tuesday it had rescued nearly 600 Syrian, Palestinian and Eritrean migrants crossing the Mediterranean in two overcrowded boats, including 62 minors. https://www.thelocal.it/20140318/dozens-of-children-among-600-saved-migrants Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:18:00 +0100 dozens-of-children-among-600-saved-migrants A shipment of deadly Syrian chemical agents expected to arrive in the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, has sparked fears among the local population but dock workers are hoping it could help relaunch their crisis-hit hub. https://www.thelocal.it/20140212/syrian-arms-arrival-could-boost-italian-port Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:29:00 +0100 syrian-arms-arrival-could-boost-italian-port One person has died and another is missing after torrential rain lashed the northern Italian region of Liguria over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140120/one-person-dead-in-liguria-floods Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:10:00 +0100 one-person-dead-in-liguria-floods The Syrian man who filmed fellow immigrants being subjected to naked disinfection showers in Italy has disappeared, national media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131231/syrian-behind-shock-migrant-film-disappears Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:26:00 +0100 syrian-behind-shock-migrant-film-disappears