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AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» HAMA, Syria - Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan’s rule in Syria.
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria’s new authorities announced on Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, has been appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported.
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» DAMASCUS - Former Syrian detainee Mohammed Najib has suffered for years from torture-induced back pain. Yet he dreaded being taken by his jailers to a military hospital, where he received beatings instead of treatment.
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/01/2025
» In the 80 hours between Wednesday, Jan 15, when the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced, and Sunday, Jan 19, when it went into effect, Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 123 Palestinians, including dozens of women and children. The Israel Defence Force (IDF) said it had tried to avoid civilian casualties, but it had to kill the "terrorists" of Hamas wherever they were.
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia and Iran are poised to sign a new treaty on Friday to cement their military and economic ties, a pact between two of the world’s most heavily sanctioned nations that is likely to alarm the West.
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — The Israel-Hamas deal was made possible by 18-hour days and a "remarkable" partnership between Joe Biden and Donald Trump's Mideast envoys -- but even then it seemed it might come apart at the last minute.
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» DAMASCUS - In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism, in a scene unimaginable under president Bashar al-Assad's rule.
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees go under the microscope in a frenzied week on Capitol Hill starting on Tuesday, as US senators hold confirmation hearings that could make or break their political careers.
AFP, Published on 12/01/2025
» RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe arrived in the Saudi capital on Sunday to discuss Syria, as world powers weigh sanctions relief and push for stability after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» PARIS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Thursday to Rome for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of flare-ups with Turkey, capping what is likely his final trip.