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Assad says Syria has held 'meetings' with US - Region - World: US-sanctioned President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published Sunday Syria has ...
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The Middle East Is Awash in Drugs: Captagon Has Fueled Violence and Aided Tyrants—and Meth Could Be Next
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‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile
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Five rockets fired from Iraq towards US military base in Syria, security sources say
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Protests have erupted against another Syrian dictator: The jihadists’ last redoubt in the Syrian province of Idlib is in trouble
economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/04/04/protests-have-erupted-against-another-syrian-dictator
Just released from prison: terrorist militia leader killed in attack in Syria: Haiat Tahrir al-Sham is one of the strongest armed groups in Idlib ...
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The Syria I came back to is not the one I left: BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab witnesses dramatic changes to her home country after eight years away.
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Born in Syria, today service manager at Joducus Osnabrück: From managing tokens to owning your own wine bar: What hurdles Heles Assad and her family had to ...
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10 killed as Daesh terrorists attack regime forces in Syria's Homs: Terrorists attack vehicle carrying regime forces late at night, local sources say
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UAE leaders congratulate President of Syria on Evacuation Day: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to ...
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On This Day, April 7: Chemical attack on Douma, Syria, kills dozens - UPI.com: On April 7, 2018, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a gas ...
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How Syria collapsed: Syria has been hollowed out by a regime that only knows violence. How did the state collapse, and can Bashar al Assad hold on to power?
spectator.co.uk/article/how-syria-collapsed/
New U.S. Sanctions Target Syrian Captagon Traffickers: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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Residents in northwestern Syria have been protesting in recent weeks against an armed group formed out of an al-Qaeda breakaway faction www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/anti-assad-syrians-lead-protests-against-prison-torture-rebel-group
Russia’s Battle With Extremists Has Simmered for Years: The Islamic State has long threatened to strike Russia for helping the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad ...
nytimes.com/2024/03/24/world/europe/russia-extremism-isis-syria.html
Syria nuclear probe reactivated after UN watchdog meets al-Assad: A stalled investigation into an alleged clandestine military-nuclear facility in Syria was ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/03/21/Syria-nuclear-probe-reactivated-after-UN-watchdog-meets-al-Assad
UN nuclear watchdog chief visits Syria to restart talks: U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said he visited Damascus on Tuesday to restart talks focused ...
reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-nuclear-watchdog-chief-visits-syria-restart-talks-2024-03-19/
Hezbollah official makes landmark visit to UAE, sources say: A senior official from the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has made a landmark trip to the ...
reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-official-makes-landmark-visit-uae-sources-say-2024-03-20/
Switzerland to try Assad's uncle for crimes against humanity: Switzerland's Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday that it would put an uncle of Syrian ...
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In case you missed it, Vladimir Putin "won" in a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election over the weekend ... www.politico.eu/article/election-wins-valdimir-putin-kim-jong-un-alexander-lukashenko-joseph-stalin-bashar-al-assad-ilham-aliyev/
US sanctions supporters of Syria’s al-Assad over drug trafficking: The US Treasury Department sanctioned 11 people and companies on Tuesday it said were involved ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/03/26/US-sanctions-supporters-of-Syria-s-al-Assad-over-drug-trafficking
Syrian passports: How German money funds war crimes in Syria: Syrians in Germany are forced to go back to the government that imprisoned or tortured them to get ...
dw.com/en/syrian-passports-how-german-money-is-supporting-human-rights-abuses-in-syria/a-68684431
Bashar al-Assad Predicts Trump Will Win in Cozy Interview on Russian State TV: During the interview between Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir ...
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Paid articlePaid Despite global sanctions against the Captagon drug trade, experts say billions of dollars still reach the Syrian government ... Show more www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/10/syria-avoids-regional-cold-shoulder-despite-captagon-drug-trade
How Syrians Put Their Faith in the Younger Assad: In Hala Gorani’s new memoir, the author recalls a visit in 2005 that revealed the seeds of the revolution to ...
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Syrian regime attack kills 2 civilians in Idlib province: White Helmets civil defense group says child, woman killed in Sarmin town
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Paid articlePaid Syrian man dies of wounds sustained in anti-Assad protest in Sweida: Source: A Syrian man died of wounds sustained in a protest against President Bashar al-Assad ...
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The US announced that it would impose new sanctions on Syria, targeting 11 individuals and entities supporting President Bashar al-Assad's government by ... Show more
Syrian refugees: threatened with forced deportation from Turkey: In 2023, 51 percent more asylum applications were submitted in Germany than in the previous year ...
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Syria's Assad invited to attend Arab summit in Bahrain: Bashar al-Assad receives invitation to attend Arab summit in Bahrain on May 16
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Paid articlePaid Why Islamic State is fixated with Russia: IS-Khorasan Province – a branch of IS based in Afghanistan thought to be responsible for the Moscow attack – has been ...
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Putin firm on punishing Moscow killers: On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall in the city of Krasnogorsk ...
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From Assad to Netanyahu, the eradication of Arab cities: In Gaza, Israel is continuing on an unprecedented scale the Arab dictatorships' destruction of cities ...
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#Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad launched a scathing attack on the West's "indignant" leadership
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Congress pushes White House to toughen anti-Assad policy: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation meant to combat the normalization of ...
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🔴 Shorouk al-Assad, a member of the General Secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, says, 'Gaza journalists are struggling to stay alive ... Show more aje.io/zwbwlo
More than a decade after Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad brutally crushed protests against him, a drug epidemic is threatening society ... Show more www.yahoo.com/news/syrians-turning-drugs-escape-misery-041315738.html
🇸🇾 Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, will stand trial in Switzerland for war crimes and crimes against humanity ... Show more www.newsofbahrain.com/world/97577.html #NewsofBahrain #WarCrimes #SyrianPresident #Trial #Justice #Syria #InternationalJustice #HumanRights #Switzerland #Accountability #LegalProceedings #Conflict #InternationalLaw #PeaceAndJustice #GlobalJustice #HumanitarianLaw #AccountabilityMatters
At least one child dies, three other civilians injured in Assad regime assault on Aleppo
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Iran foreign minister visits Syria meets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: Iranian foreign minister is visiting Ally countries in West Asia trying to ramp up ...
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Syria earthquake: A year on, 'situation is devastating': In the year since a major earthquake hit Syria, the situation has deteriorated. But ...
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Opinion| To all serious policymakers, it is crystal clear that normalising the al-Assad regime is a misguided policy that neglects the fundamental principles ... Show more www.euronews.com/2024/02/28/normalising-al-assads-regime-is-dangerous-and-must-be-abandoned
UN envoy formally issues invitation for more Syrian peace talks in April: Geir Pederson pledges to support alternative venue to Geneva if Assad regime and Syria ...
yenisafak.com/en/news/un-envoy-formally-issues-invitation-for-more-syrian-peace-talks-in-april-3678255
Paid articlePaid Israeli army says it bombed Assad regime weapons depot: 1 Hezbollah fighter killed in attack on southern Lebanon, says Israeli army
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Paid articlePaid Iran's FM meets with Syria's Assad amid regional tensions: Top diplomat on 2-nation tour to Lebanon and Syria
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U.S. stages retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militias - UPI.com
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Israeli strike in Damascus targets Iran-aligned paramilitary officials: The attack is another escalation of already heightened tensions in the Middle East.
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Quick Glance: Threats from Iran: Dead Revolutionary Guards in Damascus
- Iran and Syria identified as Israel's adversaries.
- Damascus attack results in fatalities among the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).
- Key intelligence chief of the Revolutionary Guard in Syria among the casualties.
- High-security zone in Damascus frequented by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and pro-Iranian Palestinian organizations.
Riad al-Turk’s Lifelong Struggle for a Free and Democratic Syria: A writer and human rights activist who worked alongside the recently deceased ‘Syrian Mandela’ ...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/riad-al-turks-lifelong-struggle-for-a-free-and-democratic-syria/
Remembering My Brother and His Boss, Salah Jadid: Thirty years after their deaths, the author tells the story of Jaber Mohamad, press secretary to the strongman ...
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The influence of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Syria: Tehran supports the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Since the Gaza War, Israel has increasingly attacked ...
sueddeutsche.de/politik/syrien-raketenangriff-israel-iran-1.6337290
'Jordan, Saudi Arabia and others expended considerable efforts to bring Syria's Assad back into the fold of the Arab League ... Show more
EU sanctions Al-Assad’s supporters and five companies due to situation in Syria: The European Union on Monday added six people and five entities to its sanctions ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/01/22/EU-sanctions-Al-Assad-s-supporters-and-five-companies-due-to-situation-in-Syria
US ‘could strike Iran’ after soldiers injured by militia missile attack in Iraq: The US military said servicepeople were “undergoing evaluation for traumatic ...
inews.co.uk/news/world/us-retaliation-expected-soldiers-injured-militia-missile-attack-iraq-2865841
Assad forces target crowded market, kill two: Syria’s White Helmets: Meanwhile, Israel bombed Aleppo and Neirab, leaving Syrians trapped between two forces ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/31/assad-forces-target-crowded-market-kill-two-syrias-white-helmets
UAE sends first ambassador to Syria since conflict: Syria has been slowly re-establishing diplomatic ties with the Arab region in recent years ...
financialexpress.com/world-news/uae-sends-first-ambassador-to-syria-since-conflict/3379248/
Armed drone intercepted over Iraq's Ain al-Assad US airbase: Defense systems shot down an armed drone over Ain al-Assad airbase that hosts US and other ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/01/01/Armed-drone-intercepted-over-Iraq-s-Ain-al-Assad-US-airbase
Drug crisis in Syria: Captagon conquers West Asia: Produced in Syria, the drug Captagon is smuggled into countries in the region. German customs are also dealing ...
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Missile attack on Iraq's al-Assad air base, US soldiers injured: The US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said an Iran-backed paramilitary force carried out ...
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Migration: In Syria, the West is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee: The sanctions against Syria are intended to harm the Assad government - but hit a ...
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Meet the Kleptobrats, the World’s Worst Nepo Babies: The insufferable kids of dictators and oligarchs are living it up with stolen fortunes.
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Assad regime bombs civilian area near Aleppo to retaliate against rebels: Five civilians were killed when the Syrian regime bombed the town of Darrat Azza on ...
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Suspected war criminal: Trail leads to Assad regime torture videos: At the beginning of August, the federal prosecutor's office in Bremen arrested a suspected ...
tagesschau.de/investigativ/swr/syrien-verbrechen-video-tadamon-massaker-tadamon-100.html
European Council sanctions 6 people, 5 entities linked to Syrian regime: Sanctions list includes economic advisor to Syrian regime leader, 3 leading ...
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Paid articlePaid Death and fear among civilians in NW Syria amid Assad regime’s bombardment: Multiple people were killed in Idlib and towns in the western countryside of Aleppo ...
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Climate and conflict a toxic geopolitical mix in Syria: As the COP28 climate conference wrapped up in the United Arab Emirates last week ...
asiatimes.com/2023/12/climate-and-conflict-a-toxic-geopolitical-mix-in-syria/
Riad Turk, the 'Syrian Mandela', dead at 93 in France: The dissident fled to France in 2018 after being exfiltrated out of Syria by militants into neighboring ...
lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/01/riad-turk-the-syrian-mandela-dead-at-93-in-france_6393860_4.html
As Syria slowly reentered the Arab fold, it mended relations with Hamas, but that doesn’t necessarily mean much aje.io/sqz51r
Shining a light on Syria : I call on our parliamentary colleagues in democratic countries and all peace-loving countries alike to maintain an economic and ...
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Meet the Kleptobrats, the World’s Worst Nepo Babies: The insufferable kids of dictators and oligarchs are living it up with stolen fortunes.
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Israel is using the same tactics in Gaza that al-Assad employed in Syria — #AJOpinion by Daanish Faruqi aje.io/77xoc3
Syria extends aid deliveries amid Turkish push for renewal: Syria's Assad regime issued approval for six months of humanitarian aid deliveries through the ...
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Israel is using the same tactics in Gaza that al-Assad employed in Syria — #AJOpinion by Daanish Faruqi ⤵️
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Anti-Assad protests in Syria’s Suwayda persist, fueled by economic turmoil: The protests in southern Syria, historically a government stronghold ...
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Paid articlePaid France issues international arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad, citing war crimes: French prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad ...
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Quick Glance: International Arrest Warrants Issued for Assad by France
- France has issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad due to the use of banned chemical weapons.
- This marks the first warrant for the Syrian head of state, whose forces responded to 2011 protests with a brutal crackdown.
- Warrants were also issued for Assad's brother and two Syrian generals for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
- The warrants follow a criminal investigation into chemical weapons attacks in Douma and Eastern Ghouta, resulting in over 1,000 fatalities.
Syria's COP28 delegation to be led by PM, not Assad, member says: Syria's delegation to the United Nations climate summit in Dubai will be headed by its prime ...
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Who is attending COP28? Leaders, royalty and billionaires on invite list: Syrian president Bashar al Assad is among those who have been asked to join discussions ...
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