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Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSyria’s president early Wednesday doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s...
A barrel bomb killed this man’s father. Four Syrian generals now face a landmark war crimes trial
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOmar Abou Nabout has spent years seeking accountability for the killing of his father in a...
Isis, drug smugglers and regime forces unravel fragile peace in southern Syria
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGangsterism, political repression and violence are unravelling a shaky peace in southern Syria,...
Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIDLIB, Syria — The leader of an insurgent group that rules much of northwest Syria rose to notoriety...
Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American...
From Syrian refugee to DePaul Law graduate: How he survived torture during revolution before fleeing...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCHICAGO -- He says he can’t really describe torture or the night terrors that still creep up on him...
At least 17 dead in rare clashes in Syria's Sweida province
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -At least 17 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the Syrian province of Sweida in clashes between armed residents and gangs aligned with state security agencies, activists ...
What to know about the Iran-backed groups operating in the Mideast
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPresident Biden vowed to respond after three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when a drone struck a...
What we know about Andrey Troshev, the man Putin proposed as the new Wagner boss
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRussian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a senior mercenary named...
COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA woman walks in Raqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, in December 2020. Delil...