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Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources...
Rare protests flare in regime-held Syria as Assad seeks international rehabilitation
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe unrest shows that disgruntlement against Assad remains high as he tries to end his international...
Syrians tear down poster of Assad in Sweida as protests swell
Reuters via AOL· 9 months agoDemonstrators in the southern Syrian city of Sweida tore down a portrait of President Bashar...
Zelenskyy introduces new sanctions, in particular against Syrian dictator Asaad
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on 300 individuals and 141 entities, in...
‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn 1987, Faris spent eight days in space with the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos spaceflight program...
Switzerland to try Assad's uncle for crimes against humanity
Reuters via AOL· 3 months agoGENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland's Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday that it would put an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity dating ...
Hijab rules have nothing to do with Islamic tenets and everything to do with repressing women
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the death of Mahsa Amini. AP Photo/Emrah...
How Colonel Nasser created the Middle-Eastern ‘dictators’ club’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs Baghdad correspondent for The Telegraph after the fall of Saddam Hussein, I hired “Colonel...
Syrian earthquake devastated an area that was already a disaster zone – and highlights the vital...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the rubble in...
10 great destinations lost to modern travellers
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThere are many reasons to read Fyodor Dosdoevsky’s masterpiece Crime and Punishment – but one is its compelling picture of St Petersburg in the mid-19th...
