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Syria blamed for 2018 chlorine attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» THE HAGUE: The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on a case that sparked tensions between Damascus and the West.
The exiled sculptor of 'all that is no longer there' in Syria
AFP, Published on 26/01/2022
» VANVES (FRANCE) - A Syrian neighbourhood targeted by regime bombing lies in ruins, with bodies and broken toys poking out of the rubble; tall, grey buildings are reduced to crumbling, empty shells, their walls blown away or pockmarked by the blast.
Timeline: Ten years of war in Syria
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» PARIS: Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile.
10 years on, no peace after war in Syria
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» BEIRUT: After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the fighting has tapered off but the suffering hasn't.
Arab Spring: How the West missed a date with history
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» PARIS: Ten years ago, as protests flared across the Arab world, Western governments failed to meet a date with destiny and help nurture dreams of democracy, missing an unprecedented chance to shape real reform.
US sanctions Syrian leader's 'henchman,' media advisor
AFP, Published on 21/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced fresh sanctions on Thursday against several senior political, military and financial figures in the Syrian regime as part of the Caesar Act, which punishes any company that works with President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» DAMASCUS: Syrians voted Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country.
Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» DAMASCUS - Syrians go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country.
Syria's heroic underground female medics hailed in 'The Cave'
AFP, Published on 17/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad has risked his life to chronicle the atrocities of the Assad regime, and suffered torture in prison because of his films.
Calls mount to avert 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» BEIRUT - International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a "massacre" by regime forces in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.